The Tragedy of Tragedies; or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great (1731)

Author
Henry Fielding
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Farce
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£1,559 14s £97 (6.2%) £1,462 14s (93.8%)
1732 - 1809
£1,559 14s - (100%) £97 (6.2%) £1,462 14s (93.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
39 5 34
1732 - 1809
39 5 34
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
03 May 1733 Drury Lane The Miser, The Tragedy of Tragedies or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1740 Drury Lane The Miser, The Tragedy of Tragedies or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great, Le Tambourine, English Captain, Ballet, Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1740 Covent Garden The Tragedy Of Tragedies, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1740 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Tragedy of Tragedies, Le Tambourine, Comic Pantomime Dance, La Matelote No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1740 Drury Lane The Country Wife, The Tragedy of Tragedies, English Captain, La Pieraite, Le Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1740 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, The Tragedy of Tragedies, Mary Scot, Russian Sailor, Drunken Peasant, Les Characteres de la Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Tragedy of Tragedies No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1740 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Tragedy of Tragedies, Tambourine, Eccho Song, Maggot, Minuet, Pierots, Wooden Shoes No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1740 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Tragedy of Tragedies, Two Pierots, L'Allemande, Punch No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 May 1740 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Tragedy of Tragedies, La Tambourine, Water Music, Hornpipe, Two Pierots Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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