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 %
12 May 1785 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, New Readings by Johnny Bulcalf With his Journey to London, The Irish Widow, The Slave in Chains, Stand to Your Guns No No Yes £180 15s 6d N/A N/A
28 Apr 1786 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Irish Widow, The Lucky Return, The Irish Fair No No Yes £312 5s 6d 53% N/A
09 May 1787 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No Yes £196 4s 6d N/A N/A
25 May 1787 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The Irish Widow, La Soiree Provencalle, The Irish Fair No No Yes £262 19s 29% N/A
07 Jun 1787 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Irish Widow, Hornpipe, The Irish Fair No No Yes £273 19s 18% N/A
29 Sep 1787 Drury Lane Percy, The Irish Widow, The Capricious Lovers, The Irish Fair No No No £189 6d 100% N/A
19 Oct 1787 Covent Garden The Beaux Stratagem, The Irish Widow, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £158 9s 100% N/A
25 Oct 1787 Covent Garden Robin Hood, The Irish Widow, Mirth by Moonshine No Yes No £327 2s 6d 66% N/A
27 Oct 1787 Drury Lane Othello, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £117 16s 32% N/A
16 Nov 1787 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £187 9s 50% N/A
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
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
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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