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 %
15 Dec 1743 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant, The Lottery, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1743 Covent Garden The Country Wife, The Lottery, Scotch Dance, Les Paisans Moisonneurs 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
13 Mar 1744 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Lottery, My Faith and Truth, Scotch Dance, Britons Strike Home No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1744 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The Lottery, New Serious Dance, Grand Ballet, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1744 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Lottery, The Amorous Swain or The Rival Nimphs, To Arms, Britons Strike Home, Les Jardiniers Suedois, Minuet, Serious Dance, The Louvre Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1744 Covent Garden The Life Of King Henry The Fifth, The Lottery Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1744 Covent Garden The Squire Of Alsatia, The Lottery No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1744 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Lottery No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1744 Covent Garden 1 Henry IV With Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1744 Covent Garden The Squire Of Alsatia, The Lottery, Le Gondalier, La Provencale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1744 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant Or The Beggars Bush, The Lottery, Le Gondalier, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1744 Covent Garden Cato, The Lottery, Le Gondalier, La Provencale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1744 Covent Garden As You Like It, The Lottery, Chacone, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1744 Covent Garden 2 Henry IV With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The Lottery, Chacone, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1744 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Lottery, Le Gondalier, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Nov 1744 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Nov 1744 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Lottery, Le Gondalier, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1744 Covent Garden Aesop, The Lottery Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1745 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Lottery No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Nov 1745 Covent Garden Timon Of Athens Or The Man Hater, The Lottery, The Peasants, Les Allemandes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1745 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Lottery, The Peasants, Les Allemandes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1745 Covent Garden Henry V, The Lottery, The Peasants, Les Allemandes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Lottery, Grand Comic Dance, The Subscription No No No £50 9s N/A N/A
20 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Miser, The Lottery No No No £55 6s N/A N/A
23 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Nonjuror, The Lottery No No No £24 15s N/A N/A
28 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Lottery No No No £45 15s N/A N/A
20 Dec 1746 Drury Lane The Country Wife, The Lottery No No No £40 30% N/A
20 Dec 1746 Covent Garden Cato, The Lottery No No No £91 11s 6d 70% N/A
23 Dec 1746 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Lottery No No No £139 7s 100% N/A
26 Dec 1746 Drury Lane The Humours Of The Army Or The Female Officer, The Lottery No No No £80 43% N/A
30 Dec 1746 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Lottery No No No £140 19s 6d N/A N/A
11 May 1747 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Lottery No No Yes £107 11s 6d N/A N/A
24 Nov 1747 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1747 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Lottery Yes No No £113 17s 100% N/A
28 Nov 1747 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Lottery, Dutch Dance Yes No No £165 15s 6d 100% N/A
01 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Lottery Yes No No £91 1s 100% N/A
04 Dec 1747 Covent Garden Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discovered, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1747 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1747 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Sep 1748 Drury Lane The Busie Body, The Lottery No No No £88 7s 6d 100% N/A
17 Sep 1748 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not Or The Kind Imposter, The Lottery No No No £92 12s 100% N/A
29 Sep 1748 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lottery No No No £183 15s 100% N/A
07 Oct 1748 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1748 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Lottery, Savoyards Yes No No £147 17s 6d N/A N/A
11 Oct 1748 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Lottery No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1748 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1748 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Lottery, L'Entree de Flore, Vertumnus and Pomona No No No £89 1s 6d N/A N/A
09 Dec 1748 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Lottery No No No £124 9s 6d N/A N/A
11 Mar 1749 Drury Lane The Foundling, The Lottery No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
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