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 %
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
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