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 %
05 May 1788 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, Linco's Travels, Tom Thumb No No Yes £262 9s 6d 44% N/A
28 May 1788 Covent Garden Fontainbleau, Tom Thumb, New Tambourine Dance, Concertante (two violins by the Master Wares), Fortune's Favor, or The Lovers Lottery No No Yes £221 13s 6d 35% N/A
03 Jun 1788 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, Linco's Travels, Tom Thumb, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms, A Description of the Tombs in Westminster Abbey No No Yes £177 4s 6d 69% N/A
03 Oct 1788 Covent Garden The Revenge, Tom Thumb, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £187 7s 100% N/A
20 Feb 1789 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Tom Thumb No No No £220 18s 68% N/A
19 May 1789 Covent Garden More Ways Than One, Tom Thumb, Mirth by Moonshine No No Yes £138 9s 6d 59% N/A
29 May 1789 Covent Garden The Comedy Of Errors, The Feast of Anacreon, The Cheats of Scapin, Tom Thumb No No Yes £182 8s 6d 35% N/A
16 Oct 1789 Covent Garden Othello, Tom Thumb No No No £242 16s 6d 100% N/A
23 Nov 1789 Covent Garden King Lear, Tom Thumb No No No £215 8s 6d 56% N/A
10 Feb 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, Tom Thumb, The Deserter No No No £209 15s 6d 49% N/A
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