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
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