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 %
27 Mar 1786 Covent Garden The Peruvian, Barnaby Brittle No No No £138 11s 44% N/A
24 Nov 1786 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, Barnaby Brittle No No No £166 15s 50% N/A
06 Mar 1787 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Barnaby Brittle No No No £180 1s 6d 100% N/A
23 Nov 1787 Covent Garden Such Things Are, Barnaby Brittle, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £95 19s 44% N/A
25 Apr 1788 Covent Garden Rosina, Barnaby Brittle, The Irish Widow, Imitations No No Yes £337 17s 6d 42% N/A
24 Oct 1788 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Barnaby Brittle No No No £174 1s 52% N/A
02 Dec 1789 Covent Garden The Clandestine Marriage, Barnaby Brittle No Yes No £396 14s 6d 75% N/A
10 May 1790 Covent Garden The Crusade, Barnaby Brittle No No Yes £209 10s 6d N/A N/A
06 Jun 1791 Covent Garden Double Falsehood Or The Distrest Lovers, Tippoo Saib or British Valour in India, Barnaby Brittle, Battle Dance, Hark the Lark at Heaven's Gate Sings, Black Eyed Susan, Fond Echo Forbear Thy Fond Sigh, Indian War Song, Poor Orra Tink on Yanco Dear, The Gallant Soldier Born to Arms, The Tobacco Box: Tho' The Fate of Battle on Tomorrow Wait No No Yes £188 15s 100% N/A
20 Sep 1792 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Barnaby Brittle, Hornpipe No No No £61 8s 6d 26% N/A
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