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
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