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 %
25 Oct 1739 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, Harlequin Shipwreckd, To Arms, Scotch Dance, Britons Strike Home No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1739 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Fall of Phaeton, To Arms, Britons Strike Home No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Feb 1740 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, Robin Goodfellow, La Matelote, Voyage to Cytherea, Le Tambourine, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1740 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, Rosamond, Drunken Peasant, L'Allamande Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1740 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1740 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, Harlequin Shipwreckd, Comic Ballet, Grand Ballet No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1741 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor No No Yes £234 N/A N/A
13 Jan 1741 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor No Yes No £171 3s 6d N/A N/A
14 Jan 1741 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor No No No £118 8s N/A N/A
19 Jan 1741 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, Orpheus and Eurydice Yes No No £105 5s N/A N/A
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