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 %
26 Feb 1735 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1735 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Toy Shop, Scots Dance, In Praise of English Roast Beef, Tambourine No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1735 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Fye nay prithee John or Handel's Jig No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1735 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £46 10s N/A N/A
02 Dec 1735 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, Harlequin Restord, Revellers, Le Chasseur Royal No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1736 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, Harlequin Restord No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Mar 1736 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Fall of Phaeton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 May 1736 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Ballet, Glover's Sailors Dance, Tambourine No No Yes £129 3s N/A N/A
03 Nov 1736 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Burgomaster Trick'd, English Maggot, Revellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1736 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, Poor Pierot Married No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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