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 %
14 Dec 1741 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Early Horn, Le Matelot, Le Genereux Corsaire No No No £83 N/A N/A
05 Feb 1742 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Devil to Pay, Les Matelotes, Dutch Dance, Hornpipe, The Italian Peasants No No No £45 N/A N/A
29 Nov 1742 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Les Boufons du Cour, Characters of Dancing, Les Jardiniers Suedois No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1742 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Tambourine, Characters of Dancing, La Provencale, Les Savoyards Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Feb 1743 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1743 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, The Royal Chace, Characters of Dancing, Peasants, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Feb 1744 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1744 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Amorous Goddess or Harlequin Marryd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1745 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Mock Doctor, Grand Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1747 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Miss in Her Teens, Turkish Pirate, Laundress's Visiting Day No Yes Yes £267 6d N/A N/A
07 Apr 1747 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Lying Valet Yes No Yes £139 15s 6d 76% N/A
01 May 1747 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £44 16s 6d N/A N/A
10 Mar 1748 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Miss in Her Teens No No Yes £270 N/A N/A
15 Mar 1748 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Miss in Her Teens No No Yes £156 N/A N/A
28 Jan 1749 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Jan 1749 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1749 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Apollo and Daphne Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Feb 1749 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1749 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Apollo and Daphne No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Feb 1749 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Apollo and Daphne Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Feb 1749 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1749 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1749 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1749 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Savoyards, Mad Bess, Gondoliers No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
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