The Guardian (1759)

Author
David Garrick
Work Type
Afterpiece
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
£9,598 7s £3,911 10s 6d (40.8%) £5,686 16s 6d (59.2%)
1732 - 1809
£9,598 7s - (100%) £3,911 10s 6d (40.8%) £5,686 16s 6d (59.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
68 23 45
1732 - 1809
68 23 45
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
02 Mar 1776 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Guardian, The Italian Gardeners No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Feb 1785 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Guardian No No Yes £346 16s N/A N/A
07 Feb 1785 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Guardian No Yes No £283 11s 6d N/A N/A
11 Apr 1787 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Guardian, Masquerade Dance, The Indian's Ransom No No Yes £197 17s 6d 50% N/A
21 Apr 1787 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Guardian, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms, Ma Chere Amie No No Yes £278 44% N/A
25 Nov 1796 Covent Garden Abroad And At Home, The Guardian No No No £184 14s 48% N/A
29 Nov 1796 Covent Garden Abroad And At Home, The Guardian No No No £183 1s 6d 58% N/A
03 Dec 1796 Covent Garden Abroad And At Home, The Guardian No No No £180 9s 61% N/A
14 Dec 1796 Covent Garden Fortune's Fool, The Guardian No Yes No £399 12s 6d 64% N/A
26 Apr 1797 Covent Garden The Guardian, No Song No Supper, The Comedy of Errors No No Yes £376 9s 6d 51% N/A
08 May 1797 Covent Garden Wives As They Were And Maids As They Are, The Guardian No Yes No £507 14s 6d 57% N/A
20 Dec 1797 Covent Garden The Heir At Law, The Guardian No Yes No £437 5s 6d 58% N/A
04 Feb 1799 Covent Garden The Miser, The Guardian, The Magic Oak, Overture accompanied on the Union Pipes and Pedal Harp No Yes No £486 3s 67% N/A
03 Feb 1800 Covent Garden The Mysteries Of The Castle, The Guardian No No No £148 15s 6d 29% N/A
10 Jun 1800 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Guardian, Hornpipe (in Fetters) No No Yes £409 13s 6d N/A N/A
06 Mar 1802 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Guardian No No No £289 11s 6d 47% N/A
19 Dec 1804 Covent Garden Thirty Thousand; or, Who's the Richest?, The Guardian No Yes No £373 17s 6d 72% N/A
16 Jun 1807 Covent Garden School for Prejudice, Guardian No No Yes £352 18s 6d N/A N/A
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