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 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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