Mad Bess ()

Composer
Henry Purcell
Work Type
N/A
Genre
Song
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£1,476 18s 6d £1,035 10s 6d (70.1%) £441 8s (29.9%)
1732 - 1809
£1,476 18s 6d - (100%) £1,035 10s 6d (70.1%) £441 8s (29.9%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
13 9 4
1732 - 1809
13 9 4
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
10 Mar 1737 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Mock Lawyer, Peasant, Mad Bess, Clown No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1745 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The Schoolboy, Mad Bess, The Charms of Polly Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1749 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Savoyards, Mad Bess, Gondoliers No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
06 May 1772 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Humours of the Turf, Mad Bess, Hornpipe No No Yes £127 17s 6d 46% N/A
25 Apr 1786 Drury Lane The Lord Of The Manor, The Romp, The Sailors' Revels, Collin Cur'd Of Roving, Mad Bess No No Yes £284 5s 6d 48% N/A
02 Jun 1790 Covent Garden Hamlet, Marian, Mad Bess, Sweet Bird No No Yes £351 9s 6d N/A N/A
07 Jun 1790 Covent Garden Hamlet, Nootka Sound, Mad Bess No No No £139 11s 6d 100% N/A
26 Apr 1791 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Devil to Pay, Mad Bess No No Yes £270 4s 42% N/A
25 Apr 1794 Covent Garden Everyone Has His Fault, The Sailor's Festival, The Two Misers, Concerto on pianoforte, Mad Bess No No Yes £206 12s 22% N/A
20 May 1794 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Sailor's Festival, Modern Antiques, Mad Bess, Black Eyed Susan No No Yes £199 8s 6d 20% N/A
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