The Distressed Mother (1712)

Author
Ambrose Philips
Author
Jean Racine
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
£12,896 19s £5,795 12s (44.9%) £7,101 7s (55.1%)
1732 - 1809
£12,896 19s - (100%) £5,795 12s (44.9%) £7,101 7s (55.1%)
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 %
20 Nov 1778 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1778 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1778 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Wives Revenged, The Spendthrift, The Embarkment for Cytherea No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1779 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Commissary No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1779 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Touchstone No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1781 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Harlequin's Invasion No No Yes £214 19s 6d N/A N/A
14 Mar 1782 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Tom Thumb No No No £167 4s 53% N/A
31 Oct 1782 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Barnaby Brittle, Masquerade scene, Minuet No No No £147 7s 66% N/A
19 Feb 1784 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, The Poor Soldier, The Rival Nymphs No No No £207 3s 6d 60% N/A
31 Jan 1786 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £291 10s 54% N/A
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