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 %
29 Jan 1755 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Lethe No No No £190 N/A N/A
20 Feb 1755 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Feb 1755 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Mar 1755 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1755 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Englishman in Paris, Comic Dance Yes No Yes £180 N/A N/A
23 Apr 1755 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Marplot in Lisbon No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
28 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Lady Moore or the Dragoness, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1755 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Britannia No No No £150 100% N/A
20 Sep 1755 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Devil to Pay No No No £150 100% N/A
30 Sep 1755 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Lottery, New Comic Dance No No No £100 100% N/A
21 Oct 1755 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Englishman in Paris No No No £100 N/A N/A
25 Nov 1755 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Genii No No No £150 N/A N/A
03 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Apprentice No No No £140 N/A N/A
09 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Apprentice No Yes No £200 N/A N/A
30 Mar 1756 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Taste, Fingalian Dance, Les Statues Animees No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1756 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, A Duke and no Duke, Les Paisans Gallants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1756 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Lethe, Hornpipe No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
17 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Genii No No No £120 N/A N/A
06 Dec 1756 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Lilliput No No No £170 N/A N/A
14 Jan 1757 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Reprisal Yes No No £100 N/A N/A
09 Feb 1757 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Author No No No £180 N/A N/A
29 Mar 1757 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Mercury Harlequin Yes No No £150 N/A N/A
31 Mar 1757 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The School Boy No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1757 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Author, Hornpipe No No Yes £250 N/A N/A
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