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 %
22 Dec 1779 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, William And Nanny, The Cottage on The Lawn, Stand to Your Guns, My Hearts of Oak No No Yes £193 18s 36% N/A
21 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £148 18s 6d 43% N/A
28 Apr 1780 Covent Garden The Volunteers, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Deaf Lover No No Yes £190 4s 6d 66% N/A
01 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Tom Thumb, Rural Merriment No No No £167 4s 6d 51% N/A
24 Jan 1781 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £222 13s 66% N/A
26 Jan 1781 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Free Mason No Yes No £278 4s 60% N/A
03 Mar 1781 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £171 8s 6d 50% N/A
22 Mar 1781 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £166 17s 42% N/A
25 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, A Fete, The Flitch of Bacon, When Phoebus the Tops of the Hills Did Adorn No No Yes £194 2s 6d 47% N/A
08 Dec 1781 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Son in Law, The Belle of the Village No No No £155 1s 52% N/A
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