The Duenna; or, The Double Elopement (1775)

Author
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Composer
Thomas Linley Sr.
Composer
Thomas Linley Junior
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£45,842 2s £38,064 17s 6d (83%) £7,777 4s 6d (17%)
1732 - 1809
£45,842 2s - (100%) £38,064 17s 6d (83%) £7,777 4s 6d (17%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
292 268 24
1732 - 1809
292 268 24
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
22 Dec 1787 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Midnight Hour No No No £238 11s 61% N/A
05 Jan 1788 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Cheats of Scapin, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £244 19s 6d 54% N/A
12 Jan 1788 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Dumb Cake No No No £249 4s 53% N/A
16 Jan 1788 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Dumb Cake No Yes No £339 64% N/A
22 Jan 1788 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Dumb Cake No No No £241 13s 67% N/A
09 Feb 1788 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Positive Man, Leap Year No No No £230 14s 6d 58% N/A
01 Mar 1788 Covent Garden The Duenna, Tantara Rara Rogues All No No No £269 8s 6d 52% N/A
16 Apr 1788 Covent Garden The Duenna, Barataria, The Piping Pedlar No No Yes £256 9s 6d 50% N/A
02 Jun 1788 Covent Garden The Duenna, Poor Vulcan No No Yes £123 17s 6d 35% N/A
01 Oct 1788 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Devil upon Two Sticks, Divertissement No No No £277 12s 100% N/A
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