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 %
01 Dec 1746 Drury Lane The Refusal, The Debauchees or The Jesuit Caught No No No £60 36% N/A
02 Dec 1746 Drury Lane The Committee, The Debauchees No No No £37 44% N/A
08 Dec 1746 Drury Lane The Refusal, The Debauchees, Grand Ballet No No No £50 22% N/A
29 Jan 1747 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Debauchees Yes No No £40 19% N/A
22 Jan 1748 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Debauchees or The Jesuit Caught Yes No No £136 1s 6d 100% N/A
23 Jan 1748 Drury Lane The Refusal, The Debauchees, Tambourine, Polish Dance, Savoyards Yes No No £70 15s 6d N/A N/A
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