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
£22,047 18s £14,854 6s (67.4%) £7,193 12s (32.6%)
1732 - 1809
£22,047 18s - (100%) £14,854 6s (67.4%) £7,193 12s (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 %
03 Feb 1737 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Tambourine Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Mar 1737 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Cheats of Scapin, Clown, Grand Comic Dance, Minuet, Scots Dance, The Kilkenny, The Louvre No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1737 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Comic Dance, The Lady's Lamentation, Grecian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1738 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Drunken Peasant, The Early Horn, Polonese, Turkish Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1738 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay, Flanderkins, Grand Ballet, La Pieraite, Russian Sailor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1739 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Country House, Two Pierots, Grecian Sailors, Je ne sai quoi, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1739 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Robin Goodfellow, Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1740 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Cheats of Scapin, Grand Ballet, Comic Ballet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1740 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1740 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Polite Conversation Morning or Tea chat Noon or Table Talk a la mode No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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