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 %
24 Oct 1794 Covent Garden The Rage, Tom Thumb No No No £288 13s 100% N/A
06 May 1795 Covent Garden The Bank Note, The Death of Captain Faulknor or British Heroism, Tom Thumb, The Irishmans Peep at the Continent, Imitations, A description of the Irish way of settling a Quarrel, Black Eyed Susan, Description of Cockney, Glee, Hail to be Brave, Negro Song, O bring me wine, With pride we steer for Britain's coast Yes No Yes £402 10s 43% N/A
21 May 1795 Covent Garden The Bank Note, The British Recruit, Tom Thumb, The Irishman's Peep at the Continent, The Days We Now Possess, The Mid Watch, The Storm No No Yes £176 12s 6d 28% N/A
18 May 1796 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, Tom Thumb, The Point at Herqui, Negro Dance, Admiral Benbow, Irish Song, Loyal Song, Mad Bess, Rondo, Rule Britannia, The Gentlemen of England, The Waiter, Tippy Bob, Where is That Tow'ring Spirit Fled No No Yes £238 4s 37% N/A
19 Apr 1797 Covent Garden The Way To Get Married, What d'ye Call It, Tom Thumb No No Yes £352 6d 26% N/A
03 May 1799 Covent Garden Abroad And At Home, The Vanguard; or, British Tars Regaling after Battle, Tom Thumb, Lovely Nan, A Bundle of Proverbs, Black Ey'd Susan, In the Dead of the Night, Together Let Us Range No No Yes £480 10s 48% N/A
17 Apr 1800 Covent Garden The Votary Of Wealth, The Rendezvous, Tom Thumb No No Yes £195 7s 25% N/A
14 May 1806 Covent Garden Henry the Eighth, Tom Thumb No No No £222 16s 56% N/A
16 May 1806 Covent Garden Isabella, Tom Thumb No No Yes £247 6s 6d N/A N/A
17 May 1806 Covent Garden The Man of the World, Tom Thumb No No No £232 4s 43% N/A
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