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 %
14 Nov 1808 Covent Garden The Exile, Tom Thumb No No No £310 2s 6d 55% N/A
28 Nov 1808 Covent Garden The Exile, Tom Thumb No No No £295 11s 48% N/A
14 Jan 1809 Covent Garden Othello, Tom Thumb No No No £224 37% N/A
25 Jan 1809 Covent Garden Macbeth, Tom Thumb No No No £263 5s 58% N/A
14 Mar 1809 Covent Garden Independence, Tom Thumb No No No £159 18s 6d 100% N/A
14 Apr 1809 Covent Garden The Merry Wives of Windsor, Tom Thumb No No No £190 7s 6d 60% N/A
20 Apr 1809 Covent Garden John Bull, Tom Thumb No No No £134 6d 45% N/A
02 May 1809 Covent Garden Pizarro, Tom Thumb No No Yes £288 48% N/A
17 May 1809 Covent Garden The Mountaineers, Tom Thumb No No Yes £304 6d 62% N/A
30 May 1809 Covent Garden Pizarro, Tom Thumb No No Yes £262 15s 6d 37% N/A
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