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 %
27 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Irish Widow, A Trip to the Nore No No No £303 10s 48% N/A
18 Jun 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Irish Widow No No No £465 16s 100% N/A
27 Nov 1799 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Irish Widow, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £416 4s 6d 65% N/A
10 Oct 1801 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Irish Widow No No No £346 17s 6d 100% N/A
19 Nov 1802 Covent Garden The Cabinet, The Irish Widow No No No £222 13s 6d 56% N/A
18 Dec 1802 Covent Garden Family Quarrels, The Irish Widow No No No £333 11s 53% N/A
26 Oct 1803 Covent Garden The Cabinet, The Irish Widow No No No £396 7s 6d 70% N/A
22 May 1805 Covent Garden Othello, The Irish Widow No No Yes £447 8s 64% N/A
11 Jun 1807 Covent Garden Tempest, Irish Widow No No Yes £236 12s 6d 38% N/A
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