The Merry Wives of Windsor (1602)

Author
William Shakespeare
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£25,934 5s 6d £17,492 3s 6d (67.4%) £8,442 2s (32.6%)
1732 - 1809
£25,934 5s 6d - (100%) £17,492 3s 6d (67.4%) £8,442 2s (32.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
232 169 63
1732 - 1809
232 169 63
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
17 Oct 1760 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Skeleton, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £55 15s N/A N/A
12 Feb 1761 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £182 8s N/A N/A
23 Sep 1761 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1761 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Fair No No No £137 15s 6d N/A N/A
07 Jan 1762 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Knights, The Taylors, The French Country Gentleman No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Merry Counterfeit, The Pleasures of Spring No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1762 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay, The Cossacks No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 May 1762 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Reprisal, Hearts of Oak, Hippisley's Drunken Man No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1762 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Devil to Pay, The Pedlar Tricked, The Swedish Gardeners No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1762 Covent Garden The Merry Wives, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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