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 %
24 Feb 1785 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Caldron No Yes No £286 14s 6d N/A N/A
26 Apr 1785 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Citizen No No No £182 6s N/A N/A
24 Sep 1785 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, All the Worlds a Stage No No No £237 19s 6d 100% N/A
19 Apr 1786 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Two Misers, The Piping Pedlar No No Yes £282 2s 6d 61% N/A
04 May 1786 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Three Weeks after Marriage, The Poney Races No No No £112 19s 41% N/A
30 Oct 1786 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Richard Coeur de Lion No No Yes £149 2s N/A N/A
19 May 1787 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The First Floor No No No £174 14s 87% N/A
30 May 1787 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Midas No No Yes £265 5s 6d 51% N/A
10 Mar 1788 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Comus, Sweet Echo No No Yes £312 12s 6d 57% N/A
27 May 1788 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Midas No No Yes £266 6s 6d 41% N/A
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