The Funeral; or, Grief á la Mode (1701)

Author
Richard Steele
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£4,778 5s £3,090 11s (64.7%) £1,687 14s (35.3%)
1732 - 1809
£4,778 5s - (100%) £3,090 11s (64.7%) £1,687 14s (35.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
106 74 32
1732 - 1809
106 74 32
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
14 Nov 1732 Drury Lane The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode, Countrywoman, Dutchwoman, Flute Chacone, Minuet, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1734 Drury Lane The Funeral, The Mock Doctor, Dutchman and his Wife, Polish Dance, Revellers, Two Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1734 Drury Lane The Funeral, Cupid and Psyche No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1735 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode, The Necromancer, Serious Ballet, Dance of Sailors, Les Puisans No Yes No £96 8s N/A N/A
01 Jan 1736 Covent Garden The Funeral, Apollo and Daphne, French Peasant No No No £84 13s N/A N/A
02 Jan 1736 Covent Garden The Funeral, Comic Dance, Dance of Sailors, French Peasant No No No £39 6s N/A N/A
09 Jan 1736 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Toy Shop, Tambourine, French Peasants, Harlequin, Scots Dance No No No £34 5s 6d N/A N/A
29 Jan 1736 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Royal Chace No Yes No £128 14s N/A N/A
25 Mar 1736 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Devil to Pay, Clown, French Peasants, Louvre, Minuet, Tambourine Yes No Yes £213 5s N/A N/A
17 Apr 1736 Covent Garden The Funeral, New Comic Ballet in Characters of Harlequin Punch and Colombine, Song in the Anacreontick Stile, The Opinion of the Ancients Yes No Yes £166 8s 6d N/A N/A
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