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
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