The Double Dealer (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
£4,061 1s 6d £1,478 5s 6d (36.4%) £2,582 16s (63.6%)
1732 - 1809
£4,061 1s 6d - (100%) £1,478 5s 6d (36.4%) £2,582 16s (63.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
113 60 53
1732 - 1809
113 60 53
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
18 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Lethe, New Scotch Dance No No No £119 2s 6d N/A N/A
05 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Phoebe, Lothario, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Oct 1749 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Flora No No No £82 7s 6d 100% N/A
31 Oct 1749 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Apollo and Daphne No No No £135 10s 6d 64% N/A
27 Nov 1749 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Acis and Galatea No No No £84 4s 6d 41% N/A
13 Dec 1749 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £71 11s 51% N/A
22 Jan 1750 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £88 4s 39% N/A
19 Apr 1750 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Judgment of Paris, Scots Song, Tambourine, Go Rose, Lucinge, O Sleep No No Yes £107 7s 47% N/A
20 Oct 1750 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1751 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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