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
£1,773 17s £311 3s (17.5%) £1,462 14s (82.5%)
1732 - 1809
£1,773 17s - (100%) £311 3s (17.5%) £1,462 14s (82.5%)
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 %
08 Oct 1745 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Tragedy of Tragedies or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great, Grand Dance No No No £74 19s 100% N/A
10 Oct 1745 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Tragedy of Tragedies No No No £80 18s 100% N/A
15 Oct 1745 Drury Lane The Double Gallant Or The Sick Lady's Cure, The Tragedy of Tragedies, Ball Country Dance No No No £59 13s 6d 100% N/A
29 Jan 1746 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, Tragedy of Tragedies No No No £51 12s 6d N/A N/A
05 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Tempest, Tragedy of Tragedies, Musical Entertainment of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £55 11s N/A N/A
14 May 1746 Drury Lane The Double Gallant, Tragedy of Tragedies or Tom Thumb No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1746 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Tragedy of Tragedies No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Tragedy of Tragedies or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great Yes No No £70 100% N/A
25 Apr 1755 Drury Lane The Man Of Mode, The Tragedy of Tragedies or Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great, Hooly and Fairly, Hornpipe Yes No Yes £220 N/A N/A
27 Oct 1755 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Tragedy of Tragedies or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great No No No £170 N/A N/A
01 Nov 1755 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Tragedy of Tragedies, The Lilliputian Sailors No No No £180 N/A N/A
28 Nov 1755 Drury Lane The Chances, The Tragedy of Tragedies No No No £150 N/A N/A
15 Dec 1755 Drury Lane The Chances, The Tragedy of Tragedies, Pantomime Dance Yes No No £160 N/A N/A
05 Apr 1756 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Tragedy of Tragedies No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
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