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 %
18 May 1778 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Irish Widow, Hornpipe, He's Aye Kissing Me, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £287 5s 32% N/A
28 Nov 1778 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Camp No No No £123 6s 6d N/A N/A
04 Mar 1780 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, Fortunatus No No No £168 12s 38% N/A
19 Dec 1780 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £95 4s 6d N/A N/A
27 Jan 1781 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Apprentice No No No £97 15s 6d 29% N/A
22 May 1781 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Quaker, The Devonshire Minuet Yes No Yes £251 6d 62% N/A
10 May 1782 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, Don Juan or The Libertine Destroyd, Masquerade Dance, Dance of Furies, Minuet No No Yes £226 13s 52% N/A
05 Mar 1789 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, Hide and Seek, Leap Year No No No £223 16s 69% N/A
12 Mar 1789 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, Hide and Seek, Fortune's Favor No No Yes £148 1s 6d N/A N/A
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