The Irish Widow (1772)

Author
David Garrick
Author
Molière
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£22,913 12s 7d £2,054 18s 6d (9%) £20,858 14s 1d (91%)
1732 - 1809
£22,913 12s 7d - (100%) £2,054 18s 6d (9%) £20,858 14s 1d (91%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
139 11 128
1732 - 1809
139 11 128
Notes
Based on Molière's Le Marriage Forcè (1664).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
23 Oct 1772 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £200 9s 6d 60% N/A
24 Oct 1772 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £177 5s 60% N/A
26 Oct 1772 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £213 11s 6d 59% N/A
27 Oct 1772 Drury Lane Cymon, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £163 10s 50% N/A
28 Oct 1772 Drury Lane The Fashionable Lover, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £175 14s 44% N/A
31 Oct 1772 Drury Lane Othello, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair Yes No No £168 19s 53% N/A
02 Nov 1772 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £173 3s 6d 51% N/A
05 Nov 1772 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £156 16s 60% N/A
11 Nov 1772 Drury Lane Cymon, The Irish Widow No Yes No £256 15s 6d 54% N/A
13 Nov 1772 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Irish Widow, Comic Dance No No No £143 6s 51% N/A
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