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 %
27 Sep 1788 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Humourist or Whos Who No No No £176 9s 6d 100% N/A
12 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Farmer, Divertissement No No No £191 13s 70% N/A
11 Dec 1788 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Doctor and the Apothecary No No No £110 16s 6d 38% N/A
09 Oct 1789 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Poor Soldier No No No £201 1s 6d 100% N/A
04 Dec 1789 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil upon Two Sticks, The Deserter No No No £126 18s 44% N/A
13 Oct 1790 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Robin Hood No No No £165 4s 100% N/A
14 Mar 1796 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, High Life below Stairs, My Mother Had a Maid Called Barbara, O Why to be Happy, Where is That Tow'ring Spirit Fled, Ye Gentlemen of England No No Yes £498 5s 55% N/A
28 Mar 1796 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin's Treasure No No No £318 8s 57% N/A
04 Apr 1796 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin's Treasure No No No £246 10s 46% N/A
16 Apr 1796 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Oscar and Malvina No No No £193 7s 6d 44% N/A
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