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 %
28 Sep 1753 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1753 Covent Garden The Funeral, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1753 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Lover His Own Rival, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1753 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Lover His Own Rival, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1754 Covent Garden The Funeral, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1754 Covent Garden The Funeral, Harlequin Sorcerer, Les Tailleurs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1754 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Lying Valet, Italian Peasants, Dutch Dance, Les Charboniers, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1754 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The Double Disappointment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1754 Covent Garden The Funeral, Miss in Her Teens No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1755 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Cheats of Scapin, Chinese Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1755 Covent Garden The Funeral, Flora No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1756 Covent Garden The Funeral, A Duke and No Duke, Hornpipe, New Pantomime Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1756 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Nov 1756 Covent Garden The Funeral, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1757 Covent Garden The Funeral, Flora No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1757 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, A Lover His Own Rival No No No £64 9s 6d 100% N/A
21 Apr 1758 Covent Garden The Funeral, Harlequin Statue, Hornpipe, Drunken Peasant No No Yes £163 18s 6d N/A N/A
20 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £37 17s 29% N/A
08 Feb 1760 Drury Lane The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Feb 1760 Drury Lane The Funeral, High Life below Stairs, The Cow Keepers Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Feb 1760 Drury Lane The Funeral, Love a la Mode Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1760 Drury Lane The Funeral, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1760 Drury Lane The Funeral, The Way to Keep Him Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1760 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode, Catherine and Petruchio, The Lamp Lighters, The Knife Grinders No No Yes £242 15s 6d N/A N/A
05 May 1760 Drury Lane The Funeral, Harlequin's Invasion, The Cow Keepers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Feb 1762 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1762 Drury Lane The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The Genii, Hearts of Oak No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1762 Drury Lane The Funeral, High Life below Stairs, Comic Dance, The Camp Alarm'd, The Farmer's Return from London No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1764 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, Perseus and Andromeda and the Arcadian Nuptials No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1764 Drury Lane The Funeral, The Deuce Is in Him, The Provancalle No No No £123 10s N/A N/A
29 Nov 1764 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1768 Drury Lane The Funeral, Wits Last Stake, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1770 Drury Lane The Funeral, The Padlock, Hearts of Oak, Bucks Have At Ye All No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1770 Drury Lane The Funeral, A Peep behind the Curtain, Minuet, Bucks Have at Ye All, Allemande, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1771 Drury Lane The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode, Harlequin's Invasion Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1771 Drury Lane The Funeral, Harlequin's Invasion, Burlesque Cantata No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 May 1771 Drury Lane The Funeral, A Trip to Scotland, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1772 Drury Lane The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode, A Trip to Scotland, Hornpipe, Catches and Glees No No Yes £118 12s 49% N/A
23 Apr 1773 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode, The Contrivances, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £236 3s 6d 56% N/A
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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