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 %
20 May 1799 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Katharine and Petruchio No No No £201 14s 57% N/A
28 Jan 1802 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Urania; or, The Illumine No No No £324 19s 57% N/A
06 Feb 1802 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Urania; or, The Illumine No No No £224 1s 6d 31% N/A
20 Feb 1804 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Oscar and Malvina No No No £302 18s 6d 44% N/A
15 Mar 1804 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Paragraph No No No £264 14s 42% N/A
27 May 1805 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Love a-la-Mode No No Yes £408 16s 58% N/A
15 Oct 1807 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Tom Thumb the Great No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1808 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £171 43% N/A
04 Nov 1808 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Blind Boy No No Yes £385 5s 6d 100% N/A
08 Apr 1809 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Blind Boy No No No £219 1s 100% N/A
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