The Debauchees; or, The Jesuit Caught (1745)

Author
Henry Fielding
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£2,193 10s 6d £0 (0%) £2,193 10s 6d (100%)
1732 - 1809
£2,193 10s 6d - (100%) £0 (0%) £2,193 10s 6d (100%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
31 0 31
1732 - 1809
31 0 31
Notes
A revised and shortened version of Fielding's 'The Old Debauchees' (1732) which had not done well when first performed. Reduced the original three acts to two in order to take advantage of anti-Catholic sentiment after the Jacobite Rebellion.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
02 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Debauchees No No No £94 8s N/A N/A
04 Nov 1745 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Debauchees, The Subscription No No No £80 6s N/A N/A
05 Nov 1745 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Debauchees, The Subscription No No No £46 9s 6d N/A N/A
06 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Debauchees, The Subscription No No No £85 18s 6d N/A N/A
07 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Nonjuror, The Debauchees, Grand Comic Dance, The Subscription Yes No No £67 7s N/A N/A
08 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Debauchees, The Subscription No No No £52 8s 6d N/A N/A
09 Nov 1745 Drury Lane Cato, The Debauchees, The Subscription Yes No No £41 5s N/A N/A
12 Nov 1745 Drury Lane Lady Jane Gray, The Debauchees, The Subscription No No No £49 N/A N/A
13 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Nonjuror, The Debauchees, The Subscription Yes No No £61 1s 6d N/A N/A
14 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Relapse Or Virtue In Danger, The Debauchees, Stand Around, My Brave Boys No No No £67 7s 6d N/A N/A
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