The Widow of Malabar (1790)

Author
Mariana Starke
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragedy
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
£4,302 9s £4,302 9s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£4,302 9s - (100%) £4,302 9s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
17 17 0
1732 - 1809
17 17 0
Notes
Based on Antoine Marin le Mierre's 'La Veuve de Malabar' (1780?).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
23 Sep 1791 Covent Garden The Widow Of Malabar, The Little Hunchback, Comus, Sweet Echo No No No £156 5s 100% N/A
15 May 1792 Covent Garden The Widow Of Malabar, Catherine and Petruchio, A Cure for a Coxcomb or The Beau Bedevild, When Virtue Forms, Annas Love, Farewell Each Tonish Life, In the Downhill of Life, The Bottle, The Pleasures of the Chace, Tho' I'm No Dancing Master, Tis' a Mighty Fine Thing, You All Must Have Heard, You Are Aw Nodding, You May Feast Your Ears No No Yes £244 18s 44% N/A
05 Jun 1794 Covent Garden The Widow Of Malabar, The Follies Of A Day, The Farmer No No Yes £255 16s 18% N/A
26 Dec 1795 Covent Garden The Widow Of Malabar, Merry Sherwood No No No £356 18s 6d 53% N/A
04 Jan 1796 Covent Garden The Ghost, The Widow of Malabar, Merry Sherwood No No No £272 4s 49% N/A
02 May 1796 Covent Garden The Widow Of Malabar, The Doldrum, Harlequin's Treasure No No No £204 5s 36% N/A
23 May 1798 Covent Garden The Widow Of Malabar, Reformed in Time, The Honest Thieves, Old Towler, Black Ey'd Susan Yes No Yes £370 18s 36% N/A
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