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 %
05 May 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Barnaby Brittle No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 May 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, The Rival Knights, Barnaby Brittle No No Yes £254 7s 6d 81% N/A
20 Nov 1784 Covent Garden Fontainbleau, Barnaby Brittle, The Belle of the Village No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Dec 1784 Covent Garden Fontainbleau, Barnaby Brittle, The Mountaineers, or The Woodland Sports No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Feb 1785 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Barnaby Brittle, Pastoral Sports No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1785 Covent Garden Which Is The Man?, Barnaby Brittle, Damon and Musidora No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1785 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, Barnaby Brittle No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Oct 1785 Covent Garden Fontainbleau Or Our Way In France, Barnabv Brittle, The Recruiting Serjeant No No No £179 15s 6d 100% N/A
24 Nov 1785 Covent Garden The Choleric Fathers, Barnaby Brittle, The Piping Pedlar No No No £110 17s 51% N/A
07 Mar 1786 Covent Garden The Duenna, Barnaby Brittle, The Piping Pedlar No No No £171 7s 63% N/A
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