The Spanish Friar; or, The Double Discovery (1681)

Author
John Dryden
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragicomedy
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
£5,600 3s £3,120 6d (55.7%) £2,480 2s 6d (44.3%)
1732 - 1809
£5,600 3s - (100%) £3,120 6d (55.7%) £2,480 2s 6d (44.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
121 73 48
1732 - 1809
121 73 48
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
21 Sep 1732 Drury Lane The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, The Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1733 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, Flora, Peasant, Musette, Scottish Dance No No Yes £106 1s N/A N/A
28 Sep 1733 Drury Lane The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1733 Drury Lane The Spanish Fryar, Harlequin Dr Faustus, Pierrot Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1733 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1734 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, The Strollers, Tambourine, Grand Dance in Momus, Swedish Dal Karl Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1734 Drury Lane The Spanish Fryar, The Mock Doctor, Peasant, Dutchman and his Wife, Irish Trot, Revellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1735 Drury Lane The Spanish Fryar, Colombine Courtezan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1735 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, The Mock Lawyer, Tambourine, In Praise of English Roast Beef, Flanderkins, Richmond Maggot, Two Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1735 Drury Lane The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, An Old Man Taught Wisdom, Jack of the Green, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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