The Distressed Mother (1712)

Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragedy
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
£11,839 19s £5,190 8s (43.8%) £6,649 11s (56.2%)
1732 - 1809
£11,839 19s - (100%) £5,190 8s (43.8%) £6,649 11s (56.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
159 97 62
1732 - 1809
159 97 62
Notes
A translation of Racine's Andromaque (1667).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
07 Nov 1732 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, The What Dye Call It, Dutchwoman, English Maggot No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1733 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, Cephalus and Procris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1734 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, Cupid and Psyche No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1735 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1735 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1735 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1735 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, The Necromancer No No No £149 5s N/A N/A
23 Jan 1736 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, The Royal Chace or Merlins Cave With Jupiter and Europa No No No £185 4s 6d N/A N/A
04 Feb 1736 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, The Royal Chace No Yes No £167 1s 6d N/A N/A
23 Mar 1736 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, The Lottery, English Maggot, Drunken Peasant, French Peasants, Le Ballet dAmour, Rover Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A