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 %
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
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
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