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 Sep 1757 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Apprentice No No No £90 100% N/A
21 Oct 1757 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Lethe, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £144 7s 32% N/A
02 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Lethe, Jovial Coopers No No Yes £190 10s 23% N/A
10 Jan 1758 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Author, The Prussian Camp No No No £140 56% N/A
16 Jan 1758 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Queen Mab Yes No No £180 67% N/A
01 May 1758 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Frenchified Lady, The Italian Peasants No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
19 Sep 1758 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Virgin Unmasked, The German Hunters No No No £107 1s 6d 100% N/A
11 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Mercury Harlequin No No No £143 5s N/A N/A
12 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Lethe, The Feast of Bacchus No No Yes £193 10s 6d 39% N/A
10 Mar 1759 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Guardian No No No £151 10s 39% N/A
29 May 1759 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Apprentice, Hornpipe No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
04 Oct 1759 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Harlequin Ranger No No No £120 100% N/A
31 Oct 1759 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, High Life Below Stairs No No No £160 51% N/A
04 Jan 1760 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, A Duke and no Duke, The Plowman, Comic Dance No No Yes £170 18s 42% N/A
30 Apr 1760 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Tamer Tamed Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Enchanter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1761 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Polly Honeycombe, The Italian Gardiners, Solo on little violin, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1761 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1761 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Contrivances, The Pedlar Tricked No No Yes £123 N/A N/A
14 Nov 1761 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Old Maid, The Camp Alarmed No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Mar 1762 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Musical Lady No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1762 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Fortunatus, The Bavarian Shoemakers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Feb 1763 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Witches No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1763 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1763 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Deuce Is in Him No No No £175 11s N/A N/A
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