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 %
14 Nov 1758 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Lottery, The Fingalian Dance No No No £90 11s 6d 39% N/A
15 Nov 1758 Drury Lane Isabella Or The Fatal Marriage, The Lottery, Spanish Dance No No No £134 17s 6d 70% N/A
15 Nov 1758 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Lottery, The Fingalian Dance Yes No No £59 30% N/A
18 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, The Lottery No No No £123 4s 65% N/A
23 Nov 1758 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Lottery, Spanish Dance No No No £178 5s 6d 65% N/A
29 Nov 1758 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Lottery, The Swiss No No No £173 15s 75% N/A
01 Dec 1758 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Lottery, The Threshers No No No £31 13s 6d 26% N/A
06 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Lottery, The German Hunters No No No £199 11s 6d 71% N/A
13 Dec 1758 Covent Garden Cleone, The Lottery, The Fingalian Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1759 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Lottery, The Prussian Camp Yes No No £193 2s 67% N/A
23 Nov 1759 Covent Garden Douglas, The Lottery, The Plowman No No No £61 1s 29% N/A
22 Nov 1760 Covent Garden Douglas, The Lottery, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £98 4s N/A N/A
24 Nov 1760 Covent Garden The Minor, The Lottery, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £171 18s N/A N/A
27 Nov 1760 Covent Garden The Minor, The Lottery, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £83 17s N/A N/A
19 Feb 1767 Covent Garden The Perplexities, The Lottery, The Gallant Peasants, Solo on violin, The Female Archer No Yes No £231 16s 57% N/A
31 Oct 1768 Drury Lane Othello, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1768 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Lottery, Tyrolese Amusements No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1768 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1769 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1769 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lottery, The Wake, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Feb 1772 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Lottery No No Yes £252 11s N/A N/A
14 Mar 1772 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Lottery No No No £258 9s 6d 58% N/A
11 Apr 1772 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Lottery, Lincos Travels, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £253 15s 6d 44% N/A
23 Apr 1772 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Lottery, Comic Dance No No Yes £265 6s 6d 52% N/A
13 May 1773 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Lottery, The Recruiting Serjeant No No Yes £151 6s 20% N/A
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