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 %
28 Jan 1736 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Royal Chace / Europa No No No £184 14s N/A N/A
11 Nov 1736 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Burgomaster Trick'd, Ballet No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Feb 1737 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1737 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1737 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Cheats of Scapin, Peasant, As I Saw Fair Clara, Grecian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1737 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Drunken Peasant, Dutchman and Frow, English Maggot No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1737 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1738 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Dragon of Wantley, Je ne scai quoi No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1738 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Burgomaster Trick'd, Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Beggar's Wedding, Comic Dance, French Peasant, Grecian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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