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 %
06 Mar 1788 Drury Lane Love In The East, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £130 6d 39% N/A
25 Apr 1788 Covent Garden Rosina, Barnaby Brittle, The Irish Widow, Imitations No No Yes £337 17s 6d 42% N/A
29 May 1788 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £199 17s 6d 61% N/A
15 Apr 1789 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No Yes £306 2s 6d 27% N/A
13 Feb 1790 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Irish Widow, The Irish Bird Catchers No No No £200 9s 6d 47% N/A
05 Jun 1790 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Irish Widow, The Irish Bird Catchers No No Yes £253 2s 15% N/A
04 Jun 1792 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Irish Widow No No No £322 18s 6d 100% N/A
02 Oct 1792 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Irish Widow No No No £257 4s 100% N/A
03 Nov 1792 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, The Irish Widow No No No £169 1s 36% N/A
14 Nov 1792 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Irish Widow No No No £160 10s 36% N/A
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