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 %
15 May 1782 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Touchstone No No Yes £208 5s 58% N/A
09 Oct 1782 Covent Garden The Duenna, Three Weeks after Marriage, Masquerade scene, Minuet No No No £253 16s 6d 100% N/A
16 Oct 1782 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Positive Man, Masquerade scene, Minuet No No No £197 19s 6d 67% N/A
30 Oct 1782 Covent Garden The Duenna, St Patrick's Day No No No £133 16s 6d 36% N/A
05 Dec 1782 Covent Garden The Duenna, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £175 6s 6d 68% N/A
18 Feb 1783 Covent Garden The Duenna, Barnaby Brittle No No No £116 10s 6d 40% N/A
28 May 1783 Covent Garden The Duenna, Lord Mayor's Day, The Fingalian, or The Female Frolic No No Yes £286 14s 6d 81% N/A
21 Oct 1783 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Rival Knights, Tristram Shandy No No No £174 15s 40% N/A
21 Jan 1784 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Rival Knights, Tristram Shandy No No No £186 12s 50% N/A
04 Feb 1784 Covent Garden The Duenna, Harlequin Rambler No No No £185 9s 52% N/A
14 Feb 1784 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Rival Knights, Tristram Shandy No No No £126 3s 6d 44% N/A
27 Apr 1784 Covent Garden A Jubilee In Commemoration Of Handel, The Duenna, Rose and Colin, Grand Ballet, Collin's Ode on the Passions, From the dread scene, The smiling dawn, Revenge! Timotheus, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, As when the Dove, Let's imitate her Notes above No No Yes £320 9s 6d 45% N/A
08 Oct 1784 Covent Garden The Duenna, Tristram Shandy, The Charms of a Camp or The Female Volunteer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1784 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Lyar, Leap Year, or A New Way of Wooing No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1785 Covent Garden The Duenna, Comus, The Belle of the Village, From Tyrant Laws and Customs Free, Live and Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1785 Covent Garden The Duenna, Barataria, Damon and Musidora, I Blush in the Dark No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 May 1785 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Mock Doctor, The Belle of the Village No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1785 Covent Garden The Duenna, St. Patricks Day, The Merry Sailors No No No £214 2s 6d 100% N/A
05 Nov 1785 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Magic Cavern No No No £152 17s 6d 40% N/A
16 Dec 1785 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Fool, The Piping Pedlar No No No £108 5s 6d 34% N/A
07 Mar 1786 Covent Garden The Duenna, Barnaby Brittle, The Piping Pedlar No No No £171 7s 63% N/A
13 Mar 1786 Covent Garden The Duenna, Omai No No No £288 4s N/A N/A
06 Apr 1786 Covent Garden The Duenna, Omai No No No £263 19s 59% N/A
02 May 1786 Covent Garden The Duenna, Rosina, The Drunken Sailor Reclaimed No No Yes £344 12s 63% N/A
08 May 1786 Covent Garden The Duenna, Omai No No No £213 8s 70% N/A
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