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 %
16 May 1746 Drury Lane The Miser, The Anatomist No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1746 Covent Garden The Miser, The King and the Miller of Mansfield No No No £78 16s 100% N/A
30 Dec 1746 Drury Lane The Miser, Sir Roger de Coverly or the Merry Christmas No No Yes £145 N/A N/A
22 Jan 1747 Covent Garden The Miser, Miss in Her Teens No No No £157 10s 92% N/A
17 Mar 1747 Drury Lane The Miser, The Dragon of Wantley Yes No Yes £180 N/A N/A
12 May 1747 Drury Lane The Miser, Flora No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
03 Feb 1748 Drury Lane The Miser, The What Dye Call It, Gondoliers, Savoyards Yes No No £90 8s N/A N/A
25 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Miser, Miss in Her Teens, New Scotch Dance No No No £105 14s N/A N/A
21 Feb 1749 Drury Lane The Miser, The Triumph of Peace No No No £164 19s N/A N/A
12 May 1749 Drury Lane The Miser, Miss in Her Teens, Hornpipe, Savoyards No No Yes £189 N/A N/A
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