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 %
22 Dec 1779 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, William And Nanny, The Cottage on The Lawn, Stand to Your Guns, My Hearts of Oak No No Yes £193 18s 36% N/A
21 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £148 18s 6d 43% N/A
28 Apr 1780 Covent Garden The Volunteers, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Deaf Lover No No Yes £190 4s 6d 66% N/A
01 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Tom Thumb, Rural Merriment No No No £167 4s 6d 51% N/A
24 Jan 1781 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £222 13s 66% N/A
26 Jan 1781 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Free Mason No Yes No £278 4s 60% N/A
03 Mar 1781 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £171 8s 6d 50% N/A
22 Mar 1781 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £166 17s 42% N/A
25 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, A Fete, The Flitch of Bacon, When Phoebus the Tops of the Hills Did Adorn No No Yes £194 2s 6d 47% N/A
08 Dec 1781 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Son in Law, The Belle of the Village No No No £155 1s 52% N/A
25 Jan 1782 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £181 5s 49% N/A
27 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Tom Thumb, The Gala, Tally Ho!, Allemande, Cotillons, Frisk and Fun or The Whimsical Triumvirate, Grand Figure by all the characters, Minuet, Quadriles, Rigadoon, St David's Day No No Yes £238 6s 6d 68% N/A
21 May 1782 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Touchstone, The Gala No No Yes £257 2s 6d N/A N/A
17 Oct 1782 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £191 3s 69% N/A
18 Jan 1783 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £236 4s 6d 63% N/A
14 Feb 1783 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Maid's the Mistress No No Yes £256 5s 6d 68% N/A
22 Feb 1783 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Rosina No No No £148 9s 54% N/A
21 May 1783 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Ghost, The Belle of the Village, The Huntsman's Sweet Hollo No No Yes £204 2s N/A N/A
11 Oct 1783 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Rival Knights, The Country Mad-Cap No No No £150 4s 6d 34% N/A
30 Dec 1783 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Friar Bacon No No No £221 11s 73% N/A
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
24 May 1785 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Nunnery, Hornpipe, The Irish Lilt No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1785 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Poor Soldier No No No £139 6s 56% N/A
29 Nov 1786 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Rosina No No No £192 11s 65% N/A
18 Jan 1787 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Enchanted Castle No No No £191 7s 51% N/A
03 Feb 1787 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Love in a Camp No No No £191 N/A N/A
13 Apr 1787 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Love and War No No Yes £120 1s 6d N/A N/A
02 Jun 1787 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Love and War No No Yes £243 15s 6d 20% N/A
17 Sep 1787 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Poor Soldier No No No £213 6s 6d 100% N/A
26 Nov 1787 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Farmer No No No £158 18s N/A N/A
21 May 1788 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Deserter No No Yes £297 12s 6d 39% N/A
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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