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 %
10 May 1754 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Oracle, Mary Scot, Country Amusements, Hooly and Fairly Yes No Yes £206 N/A N/A
13 Dec 1754 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Genii No No No £120 N/A N/A
10 Jan 1755 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Proteus No No No £170 N/A N/A
02 May 1755 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Miss in Her Teens, The Song of Robin Hood Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1755 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Double Disappointment, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1755 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The King and the Miller of Mansfield No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The What Dye Call It No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Double Disappointment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Feb 1756 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Englishman Returnd from Paris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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