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
£7,361 3s £4,535 16s 6d (61.6%) £2,825 6s 6d (38.4%)
1732 - 1809
£7,361 3s - (100%) £4,535 16s 6d (61.6%) £2,825 6s 6d (38.4%)
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 %
05 Dec 1740 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, Mars and Venus, Italian Peasants No No No £104 4s 6d N/A N/A
11 Dec 1740 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, The Swiss, Italian Peasants, Mars and Venus, Scots Dance, The Kilkenny No Yes No £114 12s N/A N/A
17 Dec 1740 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, Pan and Syrinx Yes No No £53 16s N/A N/A
03 Jan 1741 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, Tyrolean Dance, Italian Peasants, The Swiss No No No £109 13s 6d N/A N/A
08 Jan 1741 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, Scots Dance, Grecian Sailors, Italian Peasants, Tyrolean Dance No No No £87 14s N/A N/A
26 Jan 1741 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, The Royal Chace No No No £86 2s N/A N/A
17 Mar 1741 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, Nancy, The Matelots, Louvre, Minuet, Yorkshire Maggot Yes No Yes £206 14s N/A N/A
28 Apr 1741 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, The Jealous Farmer Outwitted, Tambourine, Minuet, Scots Dance Yes No Yes £123 N/A N/A
23 Sep 1741 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, The Tanner of York No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Oct 1741 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, The School Boy, Chanson à Boire, Two Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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