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 %
15 Oct 1807 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Tom Thumb the Great No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1807 Covent Garden The Rage, Tom Thumb the Great No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Nov 1807 Covent Garden The School of Reform, Tom Thumb the Great No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Feb 1808 Covent Garden Begone Dull Care, Poor Jack; or the Benevolent Tars of England, Tom Thumb the Great No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1808 Covent Garden The Man of the World, The Highland Laddie, Tom Thumb the Great No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1808 Covent Garden The Man of the World, The Highland Laddie, Tom Thumb the Great No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1808 Covent Garden The Merry Wives of Windsor, Tom Thumb the Great No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1808 Covent Garden The Man of the World, Tom Thumb the Great No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jun 1808 Covent Garden The Wanderers, The Election; or a Squeeze for the Hustings, Tom Thumb the Great No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1808 Covent Garden Richard the Third, Tom Thumb No No No £347 5s 6d 100% N/A
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