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
£9,081 5s £9,081 5s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£9,081 5s - (100%) £9,081 5s (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 Feb 1783 Covent Garden The Duenna, Barnaby Brittle No No No £116 10s 6d 40% N/A
15 Mar 1783 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, Barnaby Brittle No No No £252 5s 46% N/A
31 Mar 1783 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Barnaby Brittle No No Yes £249 11s 6d 47% N/A
14 May 1783 Covent Garden Twelfth Night, Barnaby Brittle, The Poney Races, The Pigeon No No Yes £86 6s 6d 58% N/A
31 May 1783 Covent Garden The Mysterious Husband, Barnaby Brittle, Damon and Musidora No No Yes £261 3s 6d 44% N/A
16 Oct 1783 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Barnaby Brittle or A Wife at her Wits End No No No £152 6d 61% N/A
03 Dec 1783 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, Barnaby Brittle No No No £173 3s 6d 48% N/A
24 Jan 1784 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The Rival Knights, Barnaby Brittle No No No £167 3s 53% N/A
21 Feb 1784 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Rival Knights, Barnaby Brittle No No No £116 10s 6d 34% N/A
23 Apr 1784 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The Rival Knights, Barnaby Brittle No No Yes £134 4s 53% N/A
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