The Horse and the Widow (1799)

Author
Thomas John Dibdin
Composer
John Moorehead
Author
August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue
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
£4,732 16s £4,732 16s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£4,732 16s - (100%) £4,732 16s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
18 18 0
1732 - 1809
18 18 0
Notes
Based on August von Kotzebue's "Die Witwe und das Reitpferd" (1796).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
04 May 1799 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Horse and the Widow, Albert and Adelaide, Procession and Dance of Swabian Peasants No No No £187 17s 6d 55% N/A
08 May 1799 Covent Garden The Horse And The Widow, The Birth Day, Albert and Adelaide, Procession and Dance of Swabian Peasants No No No £264 1s 6d 40% N/A
09 May 1799 Covent Garden What Is She, The Horse and the Widow, Raymond and Agnes No Yes No £402 19s 68% N/A
16 May 1799 Covent Garden The Horse And The Widow, The Birth Day, Albert and Adelaide, Procession and Dance of Swabian Peasants No No No £210 17s 6d 53% N/A
23 May 1799 Covent Garden The Horse And The Widow, The Birth Day, The Jew and the Doctor, Grand Sonata on the Piano Forte, with new Rondo, Lesson of Nicolai No No No £301 5s 6d 100% N/A
30 May 1799 Covent Garden The Horse And The Widow, Lovers' Vows, The Spoiled Child No No No £163 16s 53% N/A
05 Jun 1799 Covent Garden The Horse And The Widow, Inkle and Yarico, The School for Arrogance, Negro Dance, Young William was a Seaman True, Boxing The Compass, Old Towler No No Yes £348 8s 6d 25% N/A
18 Oct 1799 Covent Garden The Horse And The Widow, The Dramatist, The Irishman in London No No No £262 11s 6d 100% N/A
04 Jan 1800 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Horse and the Widow, The Volcano No No No £235 17s 34% N/A
09 Jan 1800 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Horse and the Widow, The Volcano No No No £188 5s 6d 48% N/A
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