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
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