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 %
26 Apr 1738 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Lover's Opera, Tambourine, La Pieraite, Maggot, Punch No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1738 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Royal Chace or Merlins Cave No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1738 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Robin Goodfellow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Feb 1739 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1740 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Miller of Mansfield, La Provencale, Drunken Peasant, Pierots, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1741 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Fawns and Nymphs, Italian Peasants, The Swiss Yes No No £150 14s N/A N/A
05 Feb 1741 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Mars and Venus, The Swiss, Tyrolean Yes No No £113 11s 6d N/A N/A
17 Dec 1741 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Tambourine, La Provencale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1742 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Orpheus and Eurydice, Rural Assembly No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1743 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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