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 %
28 Jan 1746 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Stage Coach No No Yes £27 17s 6d N/A N/A
26 Nov 1746 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £96 7s 49% N/A
02 Mar 1747 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Royal Chace No No No £79 5s 61% N/A
15 Dec 1747 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, Tea No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1748 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1748 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, Miss in Her Teens No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1748 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Nov 1748 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1749 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The King and Miller of Mansfield No No No £80 4s 100% N/A
29 Nov 1749 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £77 14s 54% N/A
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