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 %
08 Feb 1733 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Two Pierrots, Fingalian, Saraband, Sicilian No No No £40 17s 6d N/A N/A
11 Oct 1735 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Harlequin Restored No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1735 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Harlequin Restored No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Oct 1735 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Harlequin Restored No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1735 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Harlequin Restored No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1735 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Harlequin Restored, Medley Overture, accompanied with French Horns No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1735 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Harlequin Restord, Medley Overture, accompanied with French Horns, New Grand Serious Ballet, Le Chasseur Royal No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1735 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Harlequin Restord, Medley Overture, accompanied with French Horns, Le Badinage de Provence, French Peasant, New Act Tunes, Serious Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Nov 1735 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Virgin Unmasked, Revellers, Grand Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1735 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Harlequin Restord, Ballet, Revellers Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
10 Jan 1738 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Burgomaster Trick'd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1738 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Harlequin Grand Volgi, Grand Polish Dance, Ballet, Drunken Peasant Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1738 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Harlequin Restord or Taste a la Mode, Flanderkins, Drunken Peasant, New Hornpipe, Russian Sailor Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1738 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Colombine Courtezan Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1738 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Colombine Courtezan No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1739 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Colombine Courtezan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Feb 1739 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Feb 1739 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Feb 1739 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1739 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Coblers Opera No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1739 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Virgin Unmasked, Come Let Us Prepare, Ethiopian Dance, Hungarian Dance, On on My Dear Brethren, Thus Mighty Eastern Kings, Ye Brethren of the Ancient Craft No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Sep 1739 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Dragon of Wantley, Ballet, Comic Ballet, Grecian Sailors Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1739 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Robin Goodfellow, Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1739 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Dragon of Wantley, Comic Ballet, Kilkenny, Scots Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1739 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Harlots Progress, Le Provencale, Pierots Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1740 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Fortune Tellers, La Matelote, Voyage to the Land of Cytherea, French Peasants No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1740 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Tanner of York, Ballet, Comic Dance, Grand Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1740 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Serious Dance, Grecian Sailors, Je ne scay quoy, Kilkenny, Swiss Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1740 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Mock Doctor, The Swiss, Comic Ballet, Scots Dance No Yes No £78 11s 100% N/A
08 Apr 1741 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Muzette, Comic Dance No No Yes £169 13s N/A N/A
23 Nov 1741 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Nov 1741 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1741 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Necromancer, La Provencale, The Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1742 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Tom Thumb, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, Le Boufon, Bumper Squire Jones, Italian Peasants Yes No Yes £123 N/A N/A
19 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Je ne scais quoy, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1742 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Grand Ballet, Dutch Skipper, Tambourine, The Character of Dancing No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1744 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Old Man Taught Wisdom No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1744 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Jovial Crew, Britons Strike Home No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1745 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1745 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1745 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Orpheus and Eurydice Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1745 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1745 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1746 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1746 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Royal Chace Yes No No £81 16s 6d 45% N/A
05 Mar 1747 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £131 11s 6d 69% N/A
31 Mar 1747 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Miss in Her Teens No No No £136 5s N/A N/A
06 May 1747 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Phebe, Peasant Dance, English Boy, English Girl No No Yes £173 4s N/A N/A
21 Dec 1748 Drury Lane The Double Dealer No Yes No £156 17s N/A N/A
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
21 Nov 1751 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1752 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Mar 1752 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1752 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Harlequin Dr Faustus, Il Pastore, Il Morlaco No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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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