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 %
10 Jan 1784 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Junior No No No £277 2s 62% N/A
13 Jan 1784 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Junior No No No £219 16s 53% N/A
27 Jan 1784 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Junior No No No £138 18s 39% N/A
23 Mar 1784 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Rival Knights, Comus, Sweet Echo No No Yes £292 2s 6d 61% N/A
04 May 1784 Covent Garden Rose And Colin, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Bribery on both Sides, The Poney Races No No Yes £177 4s 6d 32% N/A
14 May 1784 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Duke and No Duke, The Minuet de la Cour, Gramachree Molly No No Yes £222 13s 12% N/A
11 Oct 1784 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Junior No No No £104 6d N/A N/A
13 Nov 1784 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Poor Soldier, The Charms of the Camp, or The Female Volunteer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1784 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1785 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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