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 %
22 Oct 1776 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, A Christmas Tale No No No £230 6s 100% N/A
02 Dec 1776 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, The Hotel No No Yes £115 3s 6d N/A N/A
27 Sep 1777 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £193 1s 100% N/A
31 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Comus No No No £124 2s 32% N/A
19 Nov 1778 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1778 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1778 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1778 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Wives Revenged, The Spendthrift, The Embarkment for Cytherea No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1779 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Commissary No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1779 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Touchstone No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1781 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Harlequin's Invasion No No Yes £214 19s 6d N/A N/A
14 Mar 1782 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Tom Thumb No No No £167 4s 53% N/A
31 Oct 1782 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Barnaby Brittle, Masquerade scene, Minuet No No No £147 7s 66% N/A
19 Feb 1784 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, The Poor Soldier, The Rival Nymphs No No No £207 3s 6d 60% N/A
31 Jan 1786 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £291 10s 54% N/A
03 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Poor Vulcan, Leap Year No No No £195 5s 6d 47% N/A
06 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Virgin Unmasked, Leap Year No No No £204 9s 42% N/A
04 Mar 1786 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Arthur and Emmeline No No Yes £293 11s 46% N/A
06 Dec 1786 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, The Waterman No No No £227 6s 49% N/A
14 Apr 1787 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Comus, Sweet Echo No No Yes £241 8s 38% N/A
14 Jan 1793 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Harlequin's Museum, Burlesque Pas des Russe, Hornpipe No No No £303 17s 64% N/A
20 Dec 1793 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Harlequin And Faustus No No No £238 14s 6d 100% N/A
26 Apr 1794 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, No Song No Supper No No No £435 6s 6d N/A N/A
25 Oct 1794 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Lodoiska No No No £393 14s 100% N/A
15 Dec 1795 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, Three Weeks after Marriage, Highland Festivity No No Yes £246 18s 6d 33% N/A
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