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 %
01 Nov 1773 Drury Lane Alfred, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £163 4s 6d 46% N/A
06 Nov 1773 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £267 11s 53% N/A
12 Nov 1773 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £249 7s 6d 61% N/A
17 Nov 1773 Drury Lane The Chances, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No Yes No £255 1s 58% N/A
22 Nov 1773 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £244 4s 66% N/A
06 Dec 1773 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £261 17s 6d 65% N/A
23 Dec 1773 Drury Lane The School For Wives, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £241 16s 74% N/A
08 Jan 1774 Drury Lane A Christmas Tale, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £215 10s 6d 48% N/A
12 Mar 1774 Drury Lane King Lear, The Irish Widow, The Mountaineers, The Irish Fair No No Yes £271 42% N/A
16 Apr 1774 Drury Lane The Fair Quaker, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No Yes £195 11s 6d 47% N/A
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