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 %
01 Mar 1756 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Englishman Returnd from Paris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1756 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Englishman Returnd from Paris, Les Statues Animees No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1756 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1756 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Englishman Returnd from Paris No No No £130 N/A N/A
01 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Englishman in Paris Yes No No £80 N/A N/A
08 Dec 1756 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, A Duke and no Duke No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1757 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Feb 1757 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Author No No No £150 N/A N/A
18 Oct 1757 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Author No No No £130 100% N/A
26 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Devil to Pay, The Threshers No No No £36 10s 6d 23% N/A
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