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 %
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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