The Mourning Bride (1697)

Author
William Congreve
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragedy
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
£22,855 10s 6d £7,882 6s (34.5%) £14,973 4s 6d (65.5%)
1732 - 1809
£22,855 10s 6d - (100%) £7,882 6s (34.5%) £14,973 4s 6d (65.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
180 61 119
1732 - 1809
180 61 119
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
30 Dec 1775 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Jubilee No No No £196 4s 6d N/A N/A
18 Dec 1776 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Seraglio, Mirth and Jollity No No No £107 19s 30% N/A
16 Nov 1778 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Camp No No No £152 4s N/A N/A
16 Jan 1779 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Wonders of Derbyshire No No No £178 8s N/A N/A
01 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Catherine and Petruchio, The Force of Love No No No £157 18s 49% N/A
14 May 1781 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Phusimimesis; or, Resemblances of Nature, Harlequin Skeleton No No Yes £289 6s N/A N/A
20 Dec 1781 Covent Garden Mourning Bride, Agreeable Surprise No No No £202 19s 6d 58% N/A
29 Dec 1781 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £237 5s 64% N/A
18 Mar 1782 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Dragon of Wantley, Palamon and Lavinia No No Yes £277 11s 6d 51% N/A
15 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £150 7s 6d 55% N/A
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