The Country Wife (1675)

Author
William Wycherley
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£946 17s 6d £517 4s 6d (54.6%) £429 13s (45.4%)
1732 - 1809
£946 17s 6d - (100%) £517 4s 6d (54.6%) £429 13s (45.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
62 37 25
1732 - 1809
62 37 25
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
02 Nov 1741 Covent Garden The Country Wife, The School Boy, Two Pierrots, Chancon a Boire No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1742 Covent Garden The Country Wife, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1742 Covent Garden The Country Wife, Grand Ballet, Dutch Skipper, Tambourine, The Character of Dancing No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1742 Covent Garden The Country Wife, La Provencale, Characters of Dancing, Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1742 Covent Garden The Country Wife, The School Boy, Dutch Skipper, Grand Ballet, La Provencale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Dec 1742 Covent Garden The Country Wife, Les Boufons du Cour, Dutch Skipper, Grand Ballet, Musette, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Dec 1742 Covent Garden The Country Wife, Tambourine, Characters of Dancing, La Provencale, The Happy Lovers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Dec 1742 Covent Garden The Country Wife, Dutch Skipper, Le Rendezvous Gallant, Peasants Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1743 Covent Garden The Country Wife, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1743 Covent Garden The Country Wife, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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