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 %
28 Nov 1754 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Dec 1754 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1755 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Contrivances, Chinese Dance, Comic Entertainment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1755 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Cheats of Scapin, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1755 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
17 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Diversions of the Morning, Spanish Dance No No No £134 10s 76% N/A
06 Mar 1759 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £206 6s 58% N/A
25 May 1759 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Contrivances, The Fingalian Dance No No Yes £195 2s 5% N/A
14 Oct 1761 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Coronation, The Camp Alarmed, The Cow Keepers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Mar 1773 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Deuce Is in Him, Comic Dance No No Yes £207 6s 43% N/A
14 Apr 1773 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Wedding Ring, The Surprize No No Yes £134 9s 6d 34% N/A
05 Mar 1776 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Italian Gamesters, The Syrens No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1776 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Seraglio, Pastoral Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1782 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Rehearsal, The Double Surprise No No Yes £238 9s 6d 50% N/A
16 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Barnaby Brittle, The Gala No No Yes £204 14s 6d 49% N/A
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