The Old Bachelor (1693)

Author
William Congreve
Composer
Henry Purcell
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
£6,032 17s 6d £1,721 6d (28.5%) £4,311 17s (71.5%)
1732 - 1809
£6,032 17s 6d - (100%) £1,721 6d (28.5%) £4,311 17s (71.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
119 55 64
1732 - 1809
119 55 64
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
03 Oct 1732 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Mock Doctor, Les Bergeries No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Dec 1732 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, Betty Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Feb 1733 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, Two Pierrots, Fingalian, Saraband, Sicilian No No No £51 19s 6d N/A N/A
06 Feb 1733 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Judgment of Paris or The Triumph of Beauty No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1733 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Mock Lawyer, Tambourine, Fingalian, Scottish Dance No No Yes £76 14s 6d N/A N/A
27 Apr 1733 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Mock Doctor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1733 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, Tambourine, Swedish Dal Karl, Two Pierrots No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1734 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Country House, The Nassau, Pigmalion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Oct 1734 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Burgomaster Trick'd, La Follette scest ravisee, Les Bergeries, Pierots, Revellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1734 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, Merlin, La Coquette Francois, The Medley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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