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 %
26 Oct 1749 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Lottery No No No £150 72% N/A
03 Nov 1749 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Lottery, The Grand Scotch Dance, Venetian Gardeners Yes No No £103 10s 75% N/A
30 Nov 1749 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Lottery Yes No No £112 8s 74% N/A
02 May 1751 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Lottery, The Gondoliers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1751 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Lottery, The Characters of Dancing, Drunken Peasant, Hornpipe, The Gondoliers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1751 Covent Garden The Refusal, The Lottery, Characters of Dancing No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Lottery Yes No No £120 N/A N/A
19 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Lottery, Masquerade Dance, L'Entree de Flore, Peasant Dance Yes No No £140 N/A N/A
24 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Lottery, L'Entree de Flore, Peasant Dance No No No £120 N/A N/A
26 Oct 1751 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Lottery, Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Lottery, L'Entree de Flore, Peasant Dance No No No £120 N/A N/A
04 Nov 1751 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Lottery, O Gentle Sleep No No No £120 N/A N/A
04 Nov 1751 Covent Garden Tamerlane, The Lottery, Pigmalion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Nov 1751 Covent Garden Tamerlane, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1751 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Lottery Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1751 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Lottery No No No £160 N/A N/A
19 Nov 1751 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Lottery No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1751 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Lottery No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1751 Drury Lane Phaedra And Hippolitus, The Lottery, Les Caprices de la Dance Yes No No £70 N/A N/A
08 Apr 1752 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Lottery, Hornpipe No No Yes £78 N/A N/A
19 Oct 1753 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Lottery Yes No No £120 N/A N/A
25 Oct 1753 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Lottery, Minuet No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1753 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Lottery No No No £170 N/A N/A
30 Oct 1753 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Lottery, Comic Ballet, Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1753 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Lottery, Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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