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 %
09 Jan 1768 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Elopement No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1768 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Apprentice, The Tartars No No No £116 9s 6d N/A N/A
08 Oct 1768 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Royal Chace No No No £127 4s 6d N/A N/A
13 Oct 1768 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Thomas and Sally, The Irish Lilt, The Merry Sailors No Yes No £209 1s 6d N/A N/A
14 Dec 1768 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £75 18s 6d N/A N/A
16 Dec 1769 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1769 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Jubilee Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 May 1771 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, A Trip to Scotland, The Allemande No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1772 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Witches No No No £158 6s 59% N/A
24 Feb 1778 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Comus, The Provincalle No No No £231 15s 6d 58% N/A
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