Barnaby Brittle; or, A Wife at her Wit's End (1781)

Author
Anonymous/unknown
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
£7,118 14s £7,118 14s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£7,118 14s - (100%) £7,118 14s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
54 54 0
1732 - 1809
54 54 0
Notes
Based on Molière's 'George Dandin' (1668).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
18 Apr 1781 Covent Garden A New Way To Pay Old Debts, A Fete, Barnaby Brittle or A Wife at her Wits End No No Yes £283 8s 6d 65% N/A
19 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Islanders, Barnaby Brittle No No Yes £146 2s 6d 29% N/A
26 Apr 1781 Covent Garden A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Barnaby Brittle, The Humours of Leixlip No Yes No £247 10s 67% N/A
08 May 1781 Covent Garden A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Barnaby Brittle, The Sports of the Green No No Yes £140 1s 6d 43% N/A
19 May 1781 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, Barnaby Brittle, The Rakes of Mallow, St. David's Day, Hornpipe No No Yes £169 47% N/A
22 May 1781 Covent Garden The Comedy Of Errors, True Blue, Barnaby Brittle, Dance of Sailors No No Yes £292 11s 38% N/A
04 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Duenna, Barnaby Brittle or A Wife at her Wits End, The Gala, Allemande, Cotillons, Grand Figure, Minuet, Quadrilles No No Yes £186 19s 6d 61% N/A
16 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Barnaby Brittle, The Gala No No Yes £204 14s 6d 49% N/A
23 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Chapter Of Accidents, Barnaby Brittle, Four and Twenty Fidlers All on a Row No No Yes £235 7s 69% N/A
29 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Chapter Of Accidents, Barnaby Brittle, Four and Twenty Fidlers All on a Row No No Yes £234 17s 77% N/A
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