The Lottery (1732)

Author
Henry Fielding
Composer
Mr Seedo
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Ballad Opera/Burletta/Opera
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£8,786 1s £1,414 8s 6d (16.1%) £7,371 12s 6d (83.9%)
1732 - 1809
£8,786 1s - (100%) £1,414 8s 6d (16.1%) £7,371 12s 6d (83.9%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
183 93 90
1732 - 1809
183 93 90
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
22 Dec 1753 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Lottery No No No £180 N/A N/A
02 Apr 1754 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Lottery, Les Taileurs, Les Charboniers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1754 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Lottery, Les Taileurs, Le Matelot, Les Sabotiers, Mock Minuet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1754 Covent Garden Theodosius, The Lottery, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1754 Covent Garden The Miser, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, The Lottery, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1755 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Lottery, New Comic Dance No No No £100 100% N/A
08 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1755 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Oct 1755 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
Download Export