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 %
25 Jan 1782 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £181 5s 49% N/A
27 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Tom Thumb, The Gala, Tally Ho!, Allemande, Cotillons, Frisk and Fun or The Whimsical Triumvirate, Grand Figure by all the characters, Minuet, Quadriles, Rigadoon, St David's Day No No Yes £238 6s 6d 68% N/A
21 May 1782 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Touchstone, The Gala No No Yes £257 2s 6d N/A N/A
17 Oct 1782 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £191 3s 69% N/A
18 Jan 1783 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £236 4s 6d 63% N/A
14 Feb 1783 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Maid's the Mistress No No Yes £256 5s 6d 68% N/A
22 Feb 1783 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Rosina No No No £148 9s 54% N/A
21 May 1783 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Ghost, The Belle of the Village, The Huntsman's Sweet Hollo No No Yes £204 2s N/A N/A
11 Oct 1783 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Rival Knights, The Country Mad-Cap No No No £150 4s 6d 34% N/A
30 Dec 1783 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Friar Bacon No No No £221 11s 73% N/A
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