How long did The Old Bachelour run during its first production?

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William Congreve William Congreve, oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1709; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

During its first production at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1693, The Old Bachelour was an enormous success, running for the then-unprecedented length of a fortnight.1