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 %
18 Feb 1744 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1744 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Royal Chace No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1744 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Royal Chace Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1744 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor With Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The Royal Chace or Merlins Cave No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1744 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The What Dye Call It Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Feb 1746 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor With Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, Duke and No Duke, Le Gondalier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1746 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The King and the Miller of Mansfield No No No £54 9s 6d 48% N/A
16 Mar 1747 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £154 12s N/A N/A
12 Jan 1748 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1748 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Venus and Adonis No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1748 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1748 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1748 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Apollo and Daphne No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1748 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Apollo and Daphne Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Dec 1748 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1749 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1749 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Mock Doctor No No No £76 15s 34% N/A
13 Nov 1749 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Miss in Her Teens No No No £68 17s 6d 34% N/A
06 Dec 1749 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £86 14s 6d 39% N/A
29 Dec 1749 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £108 4s 70% N/A
24 Jan 1750 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £89 8s 6d 50% N/A
26 Mar 1750 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Miss in Her Teens No No Yes £153 9s 49% N/A
22 Sep 1750 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Lethe No No No £110 100% N/A
22 Oct 1750 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1750 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1751 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1753 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Chaplet, Hornpipe, Lass of the Mill, Rural Dance, Scots Dance No No Yes £210 N/A N/A
20 Feb 1754 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Fortunatus No No No £140 N/A N/A
07 May 1754 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Double Disappointment, Italian Peasants, Les Taileurs No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1754 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Oracle, Mary Scot, Country Amusements, Hooly and Fairly Yes No Yes £206 N/A N/A
13 Dec 1754 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Genii No No No £120 N/A N/A
10 Jan 1755 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Proteus No No No £170 N/A N/A
02 May 1755 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Miss in Her Teens, The Song of Robin Hood Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1755 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Double Disappointment, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1755 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The King and the Miller of Mansfield No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The What Dye Call It No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Double Disappointment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Feb 1756 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Englishman Returnd from Paris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1756 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1756 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Miss in Her Teens, Hornpipe No No Yes £260 N/A N/A
20 Sep 1756 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The King and Miller of Mansfield No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1756 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Nov 1756 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Jan 1757 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1757 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The What Dye Call It No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1757 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Double Disappointment No No No £65 19s 6d 100% N/A
08 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £55 8s 25% N/A
07 Jan 1758 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £88 4s 33% N/A
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