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 %
29 Oct 1767 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, The Royal Chace, The Female Archer No No No £163 8s 6d N/A N/A
12 Nov 1767 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, The Oxonian in Town, The Irish Lilt No No No £191 4s N/A N/A
26 Apr 1768 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Thomas and Sally, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £153 6s 6d N/A N/A
04 Jan 1775 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Harlequin's Jacket No No No £259 12s N/A N/A
07 Jan 1775 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Druids Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1775 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Harlequin's Jacket No No No £248 2s 6d N/A N/A
09 Jan 1775 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1775 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Harlequin's Jacket No No No £185 16s N/A N/A
11 Jan 1775 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Jan 1775 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1775 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Grand Provencalle Dance, Harlequin's Jacket No No No £224 3s 6d N/A N/A
16 Jan 1775 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1775 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1775 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, The Rival Candidates Yes No No £207 1s 6d N/A N/A
06 Feb 1775 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Druids Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Mar 1775 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, A Peep behind the Curtain, The Favourite Tambourine Dance, Grand Provencalle Dance No No Yes £270 10s N/A N/A
03 Apr 1775 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Cross Purposes, The Frolick Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1775 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, A Peep behind the Curtain, The Irish Fair Yes No Yes £159 13s 6d N/A N/A
14 Oct 1775 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Harlequin's Jacket No No No £216 14s 6d N/A N/A
17 Oct 1775 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Weathercock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Dec 1775 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, May Day, The Merry Peasants Yes No No £124 3s N/A N/A
02 Mar 1776 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, The Jubilee, The Grand Garland Dance No No No £239 2s N/A N/A
11 May 1776 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms, Minuet, The Syrens, Allemande, Hornpipe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 May 1776 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, St Patrick's Day, The Italian Gardeners, The Humours of the Newmarket Races No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1776 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, The Padlock No No No £265 8s 100% N/A
22 Oct 1776 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, A Christmas Tale No No No £230 6s 100% N/A
02 Dec 1776 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, The Hotel No No Yes £115 3s 6d N/A N/A
27 Sep 1777 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £193 1s 100% N/A
31 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Comus No No No £124 2s 32% N/A
19 Nov 1778 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
03 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Poor Vulcan, Leap Year No No No £195 5s 6d 47% N/A
06 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Virgin Unmasked, Leap Year No No No £204 9s 42% N/A
04 Mar 1786 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Arthur and Emmeline No No Yes £293 11s 46% N/A
06 Dec 1786 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, The Waterman No No No £227 6s 49% N/A
14 Apr 1787 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Comus, Sweet Echo No No Yes £241 8s 38% N/A
14 Jan 1793 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Harlequin's Museum, Burlesque Pas des Russe, Hornpipe No No No £303 17s 64% N/A
20 Dec 1793 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Harlequin And Faustus No No No £238 14s 6d 100% N/A
26 Apr 1794 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, No Song No Supper No No No £435 6s 6d N/A N/A
25 Oct 1794 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Lodoiska No No No £393 14s 100% N/A
15 Dec 1795 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Three Weeks after Marriage, Highland Festivity No No Yes £246 18s 6d 33% N/A
29 Jan 1796 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Harlequin Captive No No No £302 19s 6d 60% N/A
10 Dec 1796 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, The Wicklow Mountains No No No £105 3s 32% N/A
21 Dec 1796 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, The Shipwreck, The Scotch Ghost No No No £185 19s 47% N/A
06 Jan 1802 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £165 10s 6d 38% N/A
21 Dec 1803 Covent Garden The Distressed Mother, The Pannel No No No £253 19s 6d 48% N/A
25 Jan 1804 Covent Garden The Distressed Mother, The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier No No No £302 19s 40% N/A
18 Jan 1806 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Devil to Pay No No No £316 16s 57% N/A
20 Feb 1806 Covent Garden The Distressed Mother, Rugantino No No No £387 2s 6d 45% N/A
18 Mar 1806 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, We Fly by Night No No No £253 11s 69% N/A
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