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 %
17 May 1779 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Irish Widow, Grand Dance Chaconne No No Yes £194 3s 6d N/A N/A
04 May 1780 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No Yes £284 7s 6d 29% N/A
16 May 1780 Drury Lane The Runaway, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair, He's Aye Kissing Me No No Yes £271 14s 46% N/A
19 May 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £104 15s 78% N/A
19 Mar 1781 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Irish Widow, The Dutch Quaker, The Irish Fair No No Yes £277 6d 48% N/A
06 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £104 9s 6d N/A N/A
30 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Jealous Wife, The Recruiting Serjeant, The Irish Widow No No Yes £172 2s 6d 37% N/A
16 May 1782 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Irish Widow, Hornpipe, Minuet, The Irish Fair No No Yes £231 17s 6d 27% N/A
31 May 1782 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Irish Widow No No Yes £254 17s 100% N/A
01 Jun 1782 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Irish Widow, The Distress'd Lovers, The Irish Fair No No Yes £118 9s 100% N/A
08 Oct 1782 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £56 12s 25% N/A
31 Oct 1782 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Irish Widow, Devonshire Minuet, The Irish Fair No No No £75 8s 6d 34% N/A
20 Nov 1782 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No Yes No £237 15s 6d 56% N/A
07 Dec 1782 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair, The Devonshire Minuet No No No £86 6d 27% N/A
20 Dec 1782 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £272 8s 53% N/A
11 Jan 1783 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £277 17s 6d 53% N/A
06 May 1783 Drury Lane Isabella, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair, Epithalamium No No No £281 16s 6d 69% N/A
26 May 1783 Drury Lane The Revenge, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No Yes £252 5s 29% N/A
31 Oct 1783 Drury Lane Isabella, The Irish Widow No No No £288 7s 59% N/A
19 Nov 1783 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Irish Widow No Yes No £297 9s 58% N/A
27 May 1784 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Irish Widow, Hornpipe No No Yes £31 8s N/A N/A
21 Sep 1784 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £97 12s 6d N/A N/A
05 Oct 1784 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Irish Widow No No No £304 5s 100% N/A
30 Oct 1784 Drury Lane Isabella, The Irish Widow No No No £245 18s N/A N/A
06 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Fair Quaker Or The Humours Of The Navy, The Irish Widow, Rule Britannia No No No £61 6d N/A N/A
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