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
£29,522 19s 7d £2,664 6s 6d (9%) £26,858 13s 1d (91%)
1732 - 1809
£29,522 19s 7d - (100%) £2,664 6s 6d (9%) £26,858 13s 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 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
27 Apr 1774 Drury Lane Phaedra And Hippolitus, The Irish Widow, Hippsley's Drunken Man, The Irish Fair, Imitations, Ode on Masonry No No Yes £201 15s 42% N/A
04 May 1774 Drury Lane Alexander The Great Or The Rival Queens, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No Yes £136 13s 41% N/A
12 May 1774 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Irish Widow, Judge Tycho's Sentence, The Irish Fair No No Yes £199 5s 6d 17% N/A
20 May 1774 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Irish Widow, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £294 19s 39% N/A
24 May 1774 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Irish Widow, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £262 19s 34% N/A
17 Sep 1774 Drury Lane The Drummer, The Meeting of the Company, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £212 14s 6d 100% N/A
13 Oct 1774 Drury Lane Zara, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £219 12s 6d N/A N/A
02 Nov 1774 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No Yes No £254 6s 6d N/A N/A
11 Nov 1774 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Election, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair Yes No No £135 13s 6d N/A N/A
25 Nov 1774 Drury Lane Isabella Or The Fatal Marriage, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £123 17s 6d N/A N/A
10 Dec 1774 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Oaks, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £146 12s 6d N/A N/A
29 Dec 1774 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £252 8s N/A N/A
17 Jan 1775 Drury Lane The Choleric Man, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No Yes £171 6s 6d N/A N/A
24 Jan 1775 Drury Lane Matilda, The Irish Widow No No Yes £186 3s N/A N/A
21 Feb 1775 Drury Lane Braganza, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £214 3s 6d N/A N/A
16 Mar 1775 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Oaks, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £213 13s 6d N/A N/A
21 Mar 1775 Drury Lane Timanthes, The Irish Widow, The Grand Provencalle Dance, The Irish Fair Yes No Yes £259 15s 6d N/A N/A
21 Apr 1775 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Irish Widow, The Grand Garland Dance, The Irish Fair No No Yes £153 8s 6d N/A N/A
03 Oct 1775 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Theatrical Candidates, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £263 6s 100% N/A
18 Oct 1775 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Irish Widow, The Merry Peasants, The Irish Fair No Yes No £260 12s N/A N/A
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