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
£5,637 15s 6d £2,481 12s 6d (44%) £3,156 3s (56%)
1732 - 1809
£5,637 15s 6d - (100%) £2,481 12s 6d (44%) £3,156 3s (56%)
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 %
29 Jan 1736 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Harlequin Restord, Tambourine, Russian Sailor Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1736 Drury Lane Double Dealer, Lovers' Opera, English Maggot, Drunken Peasant Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1736 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Contrivances, Dutchman and his Frow, Fat Farmer and his Family, Pierrots, Rover Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1736 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Devil to Pay, Tambourine, Harlequine, Peasants Yes No Yes £65 11s N/A N/A
14 May 1736 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Colombine Courtezan, Minuet in Modern Habits, Tambourine, The Amorous Clowns or The Courtezan Clowns No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1736 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Harlequin Restord, English Maggot, Flight, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Nov 1736 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Fall of Phaeton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1737 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The King and the Miller of Mansfield No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1737 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The What Dye Call It No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1737 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Harlots Progress No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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