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 %
15 Dec 1753 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Englishman in Paris No No No £100 N/A N/A
29 Jan 1754 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Englishman in Paris Yes No No £60 N/A N/A
22 Feb 1754 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Knights No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
14 Oct 1754 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Knights No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1754 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Englishman in Paris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1755 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Cheats of Scapin, Rule Britannia, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1756 Covent Garden Old Batchelor, The Englishman Returnd from Paris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1756 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Englishman in Paris No No No £60 N/A N/A
27 Oct 1758 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Diversions of the Morning No No No £139 10s 75% N/A
29 Apr 1760 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, Harlequin Statue, A Day of Taste No No Yes £227 13s 6d N/A N/A
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