The Miser (1733)

Author
Henry Fielding
Author
James Wild
Work Type
Mainpiece
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
£21,770 6d £15,724 18s 6d (72.2%) £6,045 2s (27.8%)
1732 - 1809
£21,770 6d - (100%) £15,724 18s 6d (72.2%) £6,045 2s (27.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
259 139 120
1732 - 1809
259 139 120
Notes
Reduced to a three act afterpiece by James Wild in 1788 (published 1792).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
11 May 1744 Covent Garden The Miser, The Mock Doctor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Nov 1744 Covent Garden The Miser, The Life of a Belle No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1744 Covent Garden The Miser, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1745 Covent Garden The Miser, Pyramus and Thisbe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1745 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance, Scotch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1745 Covent Garden The Miser, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Miser, The Lottery No No No £55 6s N/A N/A
11 Jan 1746 Drury Lane The Miser, The Lying Valet No No No £58 16s 6d N/A N/A
10 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Miser, The Contrivances, Italian Peasants No No No £76 5s N/A N/A
06 Mar 1746 Drury Lane The Miser, Harlequin Incendiary No No No £99 14s N/A N/A
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