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
£7,131 15s 6d £5,003 15s (70.2%) £2,128 6d (29.8%)
1732 - 1809
£7,131 15s 6d - (100%) £5,003 15s (70.2%) £2,128 6d (29.8%)
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 Jan 1741 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Royal Chace No No No £86 4s 6d N/A N/A
23 Apr 1741 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Mock Doctor, Comic Dance, Two Pierots No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
14 May 1741 Covent Garden The Funeral, Damon and Phillida, Pierots, Water Music No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
02 Jan 1742 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1742 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1742 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Rape of Proserpine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1742 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Rape of Proserpine, New Scots Dance, Rural Assembly Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The Mock Doctor, Serious Ballet, New Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Jan 1745 Covent Garden The Funeral, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1745 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Schoolboy, The Peasants, Les Allemandes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1745 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Cheats of Scapin, The Peasant Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1746 Covent Garden The Funeral, Phebe, Grand Comic Ballet, Drunken Tyrolese No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Jan 1747 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode, Miss in Her Teens, Dutchman, Matelote Poloness No No No £172 7s 6d 71% N/A
29 Jan 1748 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, Lethe No No No £141 15s N/A N/A
14 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Funeral, Lethe No No No £151 18s 6d N/A N/A
25 Feb 1749 Drury Lane The Funeral, The Triumph of Peace No No No £159 8s N/A N/A
21 Nov 1749 Drury Lane The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode, The Savoyard Travellers No No No £78 6d 45% N/A
22 Feb 1750 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The Fair No No No £115 1s N/A N/A
30 Apr 1750 Drury Lane The Funeral, The Lying Valet, Highland Lad, Black Joke, Swedish Gardeners No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
03 May 1750 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Mock Doctor No No Yes £207 4s N/A N/A
22 Oct 1750 Drury Lane The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, Lethe, New Running Footman's Dance, Hornpipe No No No £40 N/A N/A
27 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Funeral, Pigmalion, The Bird Catchers, Comic Dance Yes No No £80 N/A N/A
04 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Funeral, Queen Mab, Comic Dance No No No £150 N/A N/A
26 Sep 1753 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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