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 %
06 Nov 1739 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode, The Toy Shop, Comic Ballet, La Badinage de Provence, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1740 Covent Garden The Funeral, Perseus and Andromeda, Muzette, Grand Dance in Momus, French Peasants, Tambourine, Wooden Shoe Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1740 Drury Lane The Funeral, The Devil to Pay, Water Music, La Jalouzie, English Captain, Le Tambourine Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1740 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Opera of Operas or Tom Thumb the Great, Scotch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1740 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £85 3s 6d N/A N/A
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
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