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 %
06 Feb 1764 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Perseus and Andromeda and the Arcadian Nuptials No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Mar 1764 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1764 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Citizen, Tambourine, La Femme Maitresse No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1764 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Harlequin Sorcerer Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1765 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Tutor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1765 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1766 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Hermit No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Mar 1767 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £228 19s 49% N/A
21 Sep 1767 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Love a la Mode, The Irish Lilt No No No £181 1s N/A N/A
24 Nov 1767 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, A Peep behind the Curtain, The Gardners Holiday No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1768 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Queen Mab, The Wake, The Medley Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Sep 1768 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1769 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Wits Last Stake No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Oct 1769 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Jan 1770 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1770 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1770 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Register Office, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1771 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £197 9s 100% N/A
11 Apr 1772 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Lottery, Lincos Travels, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £253 15s 6d 44% N/A
19 May 1772 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Elopement, Catches and Glees No No Yes £133 13s 46% N/A
24 Oct 1772 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £177 5s 60% N/A
16 Jan 1773 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Pigmy Revels No No No £195 14s 52% N/A
11 May 1773 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Minor, True Blue or The Press Gang No No Yes £171 19s N/A N/A
13 Nov 1773 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Deserter No No Yes £185 2s 6d N/A N/A
29 Nov 1773 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Genii No No No £178 9s 57% N/A
01 May 1775 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Comus, The Grand Provencalle Dance No No Yes £197 11s 6d N/A N/A
21 Nov 1775 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, May Day, The Merry Peasants No No No £159 10s 6d N/A N/A
30 Dec 1775 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Jubilee No No No £196 4s 6d N/A N/A
18 Dec 1776 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Seraglio, Mirth and Jollity No No No £107 19s 30% N/A
16 Nov 1778 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Camp No No No £152 4s N/A N/A
16 Jan 1779 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Wonders of Derbyshire No No No £178 8s N/A N/A
01 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Catherine and Petruchio, The Force of Love No No No £157 18s 49% N/A
14 May 1781 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Phusimimesis; or, Resemblances of Nature, Harlequin Skeleton No No Yes £289 6s N/A N/A
20 Dec 1781 Covent Garden Mourning Bride, Agreeable Surprise No No No £202 19s 6d 58% N/A
29 Dec 1781 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £237 5s 64% N/A
18 Mar 1782 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Dragon of Wantley, Palamon and Lavinia No No Yes £277 11s 6d 51% N/A
15 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £150 7s 6d 55% N/A
02 Dec 1782 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £202 43% N/A
15 Jan 1783 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Rosina, Damon and Musidora No No No £210 6d 50% N/A
18 Mar 1783 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, All the Worlds a Stage No No Yes £329 16s 6d 48% N/A
24 May 1783 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, A Trip to Scotland No No No £275 10s 74% N/A
02 Jun 1783 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Lyar No No No £279 9s 6d 100% N/A
24 Oct 1783 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Deuce is in Him No No No £239 10s 65% N/A
05 Feb 1784 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Harlequin Rambler No No No £187 3s 64% N/A
21 Feb 1784 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Lyar No No No £223 5s 66% N/A
17 Apr 1784 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Ladies' Frolick No No No £250 14s 55% N/A
14 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Author No No No £217 5s N/A N/A
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