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 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Fete, Tom Thumb No No Yes £156 17s 6d 58% N/A
04 May 1781 Covent Garden The Duenna, A Fete, Tom Thumb No No Yes £193 17s 77% N/A
11 May 1781 Covent Garden The Double Gallant, A Fete, Tom Thumb No No Yes £192 17s 59% N/A
30 Oct 1781 Covent Garden Duplicity, Tom Thumb, The Sports of the Green No No No £117 18s 6d 38% N/A
01 Nov 1781 Covent Garden Duplicity, Tom Thumb, The Belle of the Village No No No £112 16s 6d 35% N/A
14 Nov 1781 Covent Garden King Lear, Tom Thumb No No No £109 16s 6d 32% N/A
07 Dec 1781 Covent Garden The Duenna, Tom Thumb, The Arcadian Festival No No No £177 7s N/A N/A
13 Dec 1781 Covent Garden The Duenna, Tom Thumb, St David's Day or The Village Revels No No No £153 10s 6d 40% N/A
19 Dec 1781 Covent Garden The Duenna, Tom Thumb, The Double Surprise No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1781 Covent Garden Love In A Village, Tom Thumb, The Double Surprise No No No £109 17s N/A N/A
11 Feb 1782 Covent Garden Which Is The Man?, The Dramatic Puffers, Tom Thumb, St David's Day; or, The Village Revels No No No £231 8s 60% N/A
16 Feb 1782 Covent Garden Which Is The Man?, The Dramatic Puffers, Tom Thumb No No No £242 10s 74% N/A
26 Feb 1782 Covent Garden The Duenna, Tom Thumb, Palemon and Lavinia, The Huntsman's Street Halloo, Friends All Five, If O'er the Cruel Tyrant Love, Push About the Jorum, The Wanton God No No Yes £282 14s 52% N/A
05 Mar 1782 Covent Garden The Man Of The World, Tom Thumb, The Double Surprise, The Huntsman's Street Halloo No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1782 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Tom Thumb No No No £167 4s 53% N/A
02 Apr 1782 Covent Garden A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Tom Thumb, The Gala, Allemande, Cotillons, Grand Figure, Minuet, Quadriles No No Yes £151 2s 54% N/A
27 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Tom Thumb, The Gala, Tally Ho!, Allemande, Cotillons, Frisk and Fun or The Whimsical Triumvirate, Grand Figure by all the characters, Minuet, Quadriles, Rigadoon, St David's Day No No Yes £238 6s 6d 68% N/A
04 May 1782 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tom Thumb, The Huntsman's Street Halloo, The Death of The Stag, The Early Horn, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1782 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, Tom Thumb, The Belle of the Village No No No £232 100% N/A
08 Oct 1782 Covent Garden Which Is The Man, Tom Thumb, Pastoral Sports No No No £174 8s 75% N/A
11 Oct 1782 Covent Garden The Walloons, Tom Thumb, Masquerade scene, Minuet No No No £168 100% N/A
19 Oct 1782 Covent Garden The Man Of The World, Tom Thumb No No No £208 17s 73% N/A
28 Feb 1783 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Husband, Tom Thumb, Masquerade scene, Minuet No No No £156 10s 40% N/A
01 Apr 1783 Covent Garden A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Tom Thumb, Damon and Musidora No No Yes £280 12s 35% N/A
02 May 1783 Covent Garden The Chapter Of Accidents, Tom Thumb, Masquerade scene, Minuet No No Yes £182 14s 55% N/A
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