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 %
23 Apr 1774 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The Citizen, The Highland Reel Yes No Yes £239 11s 6d 55% N/A
08 Apr 1775 Drury Lane The Funeral, Bon Ton No No Yes £287 3s N/A N/A
13 May 1776 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The Country Mad Cap, The Humours of the NewMarket Races No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Mar 1777 Drury Lane The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The Jubilee, The Double Festival No No No £221 13s 6d N/A N/A
15 Apr 1777 Drury Lane The Funeral, The Jubilee No No No £108 30% N/A
27 Apr 1779 Covent Garden Illumination, The Funeral or Grief a la Mode, The Farmer's Return from London, The Cobler of Castlebury No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1780 Covent Garden The Funeral, A Fete, The Elders No No Yes £186 7s 6d N/A N/A
19 May 1780 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Deaf Lover, The Humours of Leixlip No No Yes £277 9s 6d 22% N/A
15 Feb 1781 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The Waterman, The Shepherds Wedding No Yes No £239 12s 59% N/A
26 May 1784 Covent Garden A Jubilee In Commemoration Of Handel, The Funeral or Grief a la Mode, Hob in the Well, The Charms of a Camp, Ode on the Passion, From the dread scene, The smiling Dawn, Revenge! Timotheus, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, As when the Dove No No Yes £233 1s 69% N/A
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