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 %
23 Mar 1742 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice, Rural Assembly No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1742 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The School Boy, New Peasant Dance, Les Matelotes, New Comic Dance, Quarrelling Lovers Reconciled (new dance) No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The Virgin Unmasked, Grand Ballet, Dutch Skipper, Tambourine, The Character of Dancing No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1742 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The School Boy, Dutch Skipper, Les Jardiniers Suedois No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1743 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Necromancer No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Feb 1743 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1743 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Virgin Unmasked, Characters of Dancing, Les Boufons du Cour, Tambourine Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Nov 1743 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1743 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor With Humours Of Falstaff, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1744 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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