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 %
22 May 1806 Drury Lane Deaf and Dumb, Tom Thumb No No Yes £398 3s 6d 47% N/A
23 May 1806 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, The Invisible Girl, A Picture of a Playhouse; or, "Bucks have at ye all", Tom Thumb, Del Caro's hornpipe No No Yes £418 3s 41% N/A
23 May 1806 Covent Garden Inkle & Yarico, Tom Thumb No No Yes £397 1s 6d 59% N/A
26 May 1806 Covent Garden Henry the Eighth, Tom Thumb No No No £269 6d 56% N/A
02 Jun 1806 Covent Garden The School for Reform; or, How to Role a Husband, Tom Thumb the Great No No Yes £474 12s 11d 41% N/A
09 Jun 1806 Covent Garden The Mountaineers, Tom Thumb, The Bay of Biscay O! No No Yes £392 17s 75% N/A
27 Dec 1806 Covent Garden The Tempest, Tom Thumb No No No £274 2s 6d 44% N/A
14 May 1807 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, Tom Thumb No No Yes £449 1s 6d 50% N/A
08 Jun 1807 Covent Garden The Mountaineers, Tom Thumb No No Yes £591 3s 41% N/A
05 Oct 1807 Covent Garden King Henry the Eighth, Tom Thumb the Great No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
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
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