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 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
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