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 %
29 Nov 1784 Covent Garden The Grecian Daughter, Tom Thumb No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Mar 1785 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, Tom Thumb, The Belle of the Village No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1785 Covent Garden King Henry The Eighth, Tom Thumb, Leap Year, or A New Way of Wooing, Tally Ho! No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Nov 1785 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Tom Thumb, Solemn Dirge No No No £247 12s 6d 59% N/A
09 Dec 1785 Covent Garden The Roman Father, Tom Thumb No No No £134 2s 6d 42% N/A
13 May 1786 Covent Garden Timon Of Athens, Tom Thumb, Masquerade Dance, Leap Year No No Yes £80 10s N/A N/A
20 May 1786 Covent Garden I'll Tell You What, Tom Thumb, The Piping Pedlar No No Yes £107 8s 33% N/A
23 Nov 1786 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, Tom Thumb No No No £197 10s 56% N/A
29 Mar 1788 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tom Thumb, The Piping Pedlar, Hornpipe No No Yes £293 15s 6d 39% N/A
11 Apr 1788 Covent Garden The Poor Soldier, The Winter's Tale, Tom Thumb, Four and Twenty Fidlers, Come Come My Good Shepherds No No Yes £260 17s 52% N/A
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