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 %
11 Jan 1783 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £277 17s 6d 53% N/A
06 May 1783 Drury Lane Isabella, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair, Epithalamium No No No £281 16s 6d 69% N/A
26 May 1783 Drury Lane The Revenge, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No Yes £252 5s 29% N/A
31 Oct 1783 Drury Lane Isabella, The Irish Widow No No No £288 7s 59% N/A
19 Nov 1783 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Irish Widow No Yes No £297 9s 58% N/A
27 May 1784 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Irish Widow, Hornpipe No No Yes £31 8s N/A N/A
21 Sep 1784 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £97 12s 6d N/A N/A
05 Oct 1784 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Irish Widow No No No £304 5s 100% N/A
30 Oct 1784 Drury Lane Isabella, The Irish Widow No No No £245 18s N/A N/A
06 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Fair Quaker Or The Humours Of The Navy, The Irish Widow, Rule Britannia No No No £61 6d N/A N/A
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