Tom Thumb (1780)

Author
Henry Fielding
Author
Kane O'Hara
Composer
J. Markordt (1780)
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£19,100 15s 6d £18,752 2s (98.2%) £348 13s 6d (1.8%)
1732 - 1809
£19,100 15s 6d - (100%) £18,752 2s (98.2%) £348 13s 6d (1.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
130 126 4
1732 - 1809
130 126 4
Notes
Adapted from Henry Fielding's 'Tom Thumb' (1730).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
11 Aug 1746 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Tom Thumb, Italian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Oct 1780 Covent Garden Philaster, Tom Thumb, The Shepherds Wedding, The Humours of Leixlip No No No £152 1s 6d 68% N/A
04 Oct 1780 Covent Garden Jane Shore, Tom Thumb No No No £206 19s 100% N/A
06 Oct 1780 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, Tom Thumb, The Humours of Leixlip No No No £174 12s 100% N/A
10 Oct 1780 Covent Garden The Double Gallant Or The Sick Lady Cured, Tom Thumb, The Humours of Leixlip No No No £127 6d 50% N/A
11 Oct 1780 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, Tom Thumb, The Villagers No No No £131 10s 46% N/A
13 Oct 1780 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune, Tom Thumb, The Shepherds Wedding, The Villagers No No No £185 16s 100% N/A
18 Oct 1780 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, Tom Thumb, The Humours of Leixlip No No No £191 6s 62% N/A
27 Oct 1780 Covent Garden The Mistake, Tom Thumb, Rural Merriment No No No £200 3s 6d 100% N/A
31 Oct 1780 Covent Garden The Jealous Wife, Tom Thumb, Rural Merriment No No No £143 3s 61% N/A
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