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 %
18 Jan 1733 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Flora, Tambourine, Fingalian, Saraband No No No £61 12s 100% N/A
23 Jan 1733 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Cheats or The Tavern Bilkers, Tambourine, New Comic Dance, Scottish Dance No Yes No £119 6d N/A N/A
16 Apr 1733 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The School Boy, Fingalian, Comic Dance Yes No No £50 7s N/A N/A
19 May 1733 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Rape of Helen, Tambourine, Fingalian, Mock Minuet No No Yes £103 8s 6d 100% N/A
29 Sep 1733 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay, Tambourine, Scottish Dance, Two Pierrots No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1733 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Flora, Scottish Dance, The Nassau No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1733 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Country House, Single Dance, French Sailor and his Lass, Scotch Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1734 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Perseus and Andromeda or The Cheats of Harlequin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1734 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Colombine Courtezan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1734 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Dec 1734 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay, Drunken Peasant, Pierrots, Revellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1734 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay, Drunken Peasant, Pierrots, Revellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1734 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Lottery, Dutchman and his Frow, Les Bergeries, Pierrots No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1734 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Merlin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Feb 1735 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay, Drunken Peasant, Pierots, Revellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1735 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Cuckow, New Peasant Dance, Come Let Us Prepare, Amorous Swain, English Maggot, Let Masonry be Now My Theme, On on My Dear Brethren No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Nov 1735 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Harlots Progress, Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1736 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Sylvia; or, The Country Burial, Two Pierrots, French Peasants, Scot's Dance No No Yes £140 12s N/A N/A
21 May 1736 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Contrivances, Damon and Phillida, Amorous Clowns, English Maggot, Grand Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Jan 1737 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Fall of Phaeton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
29 May 1740 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Parting Lovers, Grand Ballet, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1740 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Robin Goodfellow, Peasant Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1741 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice Yes No No £136 17s 6d N/A N/A
16 Jan 1741 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £90 7s N/A N/A
10 Feb 1741 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice Yes No No £140 2s N/A N/A
04 May 1741 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Dragon of Wantley, Comic Dance, Pierots No No Yes £110 N/A N/A
10 Oct 1741 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1741 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1741 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1742 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
18 Feb 1744 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1744 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Royal Chace No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1744 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Royal Chace Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1744 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor With Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The Royal Chace or Merlins Cave No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1744 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The What Dye Call It Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Feb 1746 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor With Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, Duke and No Duke, Le Gondalier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1746 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The King and the Miller of Mansfield No No No £54 9s 6d 48% N/A
16 Mar 1747 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £154 12s N/A N/A
12 Jan 1748 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1748 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Venus and Adonis No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1748 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1748 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1748 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Apollo and Daphne No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1748 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Apollo and Daphne Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Dec 1748 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1749 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1749 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Mock Doctor No No No £76 15s 34% N/A
13 Nov 1749 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Miss in Her Teens No No No £68 17s 6d 34% N/A
06 Dec 1749 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £86 14s 6d 39% N/A
29 Dec 1749 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £108 4s 70% N/A
24 Jan 1750 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £89 8s 6d 50% N/A
26 Mar 1750 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Miss in Her Teens No No Yes £153 9s 49% N/A
22 Sep 1750 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Lethe No No No £110 100% N/A
22 Oct 1750 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1750 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1751 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1753 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Chaplet, Hornpipe, Lass of the Mill, Rural Dance, Scots Dance No No Yes £210 N/A N/A
20 Feb 1754 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Fortunatus No No No £140 N/A N/A
07 May 1754 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Double Disappointment, Italian Peasants, Les Taileurs No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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
05 May 1756 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1756 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Miss in Her Teens, Hornpipe No No Yes £260 N/A N/A
20 Sep 1756 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The King and Miller of Mansfield No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1756 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Nov 1756 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Jan 1757 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1757 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The What Dye Call It No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1757 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Double Disappointment No No No £65 19s 6d 100% N/A
08 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £55 8s 25% N/A
07 Jan 1758 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £88 4s 33% N/A
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