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 %
24 Nov 1792 Drury Lane The Pirates, The Irish Widow No No No £322 5s 63% N/A
01 May 1793 Drury Lane False Colours, The Irish Widow No No No £122 19s 6d 42% N/A
16 May 1793 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, The Irish Widow No No No £147 7s 6d 51% N/A
05 May 1794 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Irish Widow No No No £416 15s 6d 58% N/A
05 Jul 1794 Drury Lane Lodoiska, The Irish Widow, The Glorious First Of June No No No £218 6s 6d 100% N/A
06 Jun 1795 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, The Irish Widow, A Masque In Honor of the Nuptials of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with Caroline Princess of Brunswick on 8 April 1795, The Poor Soldier, Grand Dance, The Richmond Primrose Girl No No Yes £204 5s 57% N/A
13 Jun 1796 Drury Lane Katharine And Petruchio, The Prize, The Irish Widow, Monsieur Tonson No No Yes £580 17s 6d 100% N/A
17 Oct 1797 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Irish Widow No No No £247 16s 6d 100% N/A
21 Oct 1797 Drury Lane Cheap Living, The Irish Widow No No No £348 14s 6d 56% N/A
07 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, The Irish Widow No No No £150 6s 40% N/A
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