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 %
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
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