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 %
10 Jan 1737 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, Flora, French Peasant, Hornpipe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Feb 1737 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Harlequin, Drunken Peasant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Sep 1737 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Devil to Pay No No No £64 100% N/A
16 May 1738 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Dragon of Wantley, Punch, Polonese No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1738 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Beggar's Wedding, Peasant Dance, Je ne scai quoi, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1738 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, Colombine Courtezan No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Nov 1738 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1739 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The What Dye Call It Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1739 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance, French Peasants, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Sep 1739 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Mock Doctor, Ballet, Grecian Sailors, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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