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 %
16 Nov 1749 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Devil to Pay No No No £69 10s 27% N/A
10 Jan 1750 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £119 6d 48% N/A
03 Feb 1750 Covent Garden The Distres'd Mother, Perseus and Andromeda, Grand Scotch Ballet No No No £62 4s 6d 30% N/A
07 Feb 1750 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, The Devil to Pay No No No £97 18s 31% N/A
18 Dec 1750 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Flora or Hob in the Well, Grand Scotch Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1750 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Merlin's Cave or Harlequin Skeleton No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1750 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The King and Miller, Tambourin, Grand Scots Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1751 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The King and Miller, Grand Scotch Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1751 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The King and Miller No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1751 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The What Dye Call It, Grand Scots Ballad No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1751 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Tom Thumb, The Characters of Dancing, Grand Scots Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1751 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, The Shepherds Lottery, Savoyard Travellers Yes No No £110 N/A N/A
22 Apr 1752 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, Lethe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Mar 1753 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, The What Dye Call It, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1753 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Lover His Own Rival, Il Guastatore, Grand Scots Ballet, Minuet, Mock Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1754 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Harlequin Skeleton, Gipsey Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1754 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Harlequin Skeleton, Comic Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1754 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Harlequin Skeleton, Comic Ballet, Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1754 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Jan 1754 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1754 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1754 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Feb 1754 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Harlequin Skeleton Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1754 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Harlequin Skeleton Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1754 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, The Double Disappointment, Dutch Dance, Louvre, Minuet, Peasant Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1754 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, Fortunatus No No No £120 N/A N/A
31 Oct 1754 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, Queen Mab Yes No No £100 N/A N/A
25 Nov 1754 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, The Englishman in Paris Yes No Yes £210 N/A N/A
04 Feb 1755 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1755 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, Lethe, Hooly and Fairly, Comic Dance Yes No Yes £80 N/A N/A
23 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Jealous Farmer Deceiv'd or Harlequin Statue, Pastoral Dance, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1756 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Honest Yorkshireman No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1757 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1757 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Lover His Own Rival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1757 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, The Author No No No £80 65% N/A
09 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Devil to Pay, Jovial Coopers No No Yes £170 22% N/A
14 Dec 1757 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, The Author, The Market No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
08 Dec 1764 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, Polly Honeycombe, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1764 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, High Life below Stairs, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1764 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Deuce Is in Him, Garland Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1764 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Musical Lady, The Irish Lilt No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1764 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, Queen Mab, The Irish Lilt No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1765 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, Polly Honeycombe, The Millers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Feb 1765 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, Queen Mab, The Lamplighters No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1765 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, High Life below Stairs, The Medley Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1765 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, Daphne and Amintor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1765 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, Harlequin's Invasion in Three Parts No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Nov 1765 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Harlequins Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1766 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Hermit No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1767 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Capricious Lovers, The Irish Lilt, Linco's Travels Yes No Yes £95 16s N/A N/A
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