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 Apr 1796 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Doldrum No No No £163 1s 6d 38% N/A
08 Jun 1796 Drury Lane The Purse, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Gentle Shepherd No No Yes £337 6s 6d 100% N/A
07 Nov 1796 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Olympus in an Uproar No No No £254 7s 6d 47% N/A
28 Dec 1796 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin and Oberon No No No £216 15s 6d 51% N/A
13 Feb 1797 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Netley Abbey No Yes No £471 9s 6d 71% N/A
27 Sep 1797 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Poor Soldier No No No £236 100% N/A
09 Nov 1797 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, A Divertisement, Englands Glory, Ballet, Triple Hornpipe No No No £193 6s 6d 38% N/A
28 Apr 1802 Covent Garden The Merry Wives of Windsor, Brazen Mask No No No £321 15s 6d 40% N/A
14 Oct 1802 Covent Garden The Merry Wives of Windsor, Netley Abbey No No No £269 14s 6d 62% N/A
25 Oct 1802 Covent Garden The Merry Wives of Windsor, Perouse No No No £261 10s 46% N/A
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