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 %
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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