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 %
01 May 1800 Covent Garden The Miser, Paul and Virginia, Raymond and Agnes No No No £132 17s 23% N/A
30 Oct 1800 Covent Garden Inkle and Yarico, The Miser No No No £98 18s 29% N/A
17 Nov 1801 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Miser No No No £495 16s 77% N/A
19 Dec 1803 Covent Garden The English Fleet in 1342, The Miser No No No £328 6d 63% N/A
13 Dec 1804 Covent Garden Thirty Thousand; or, Who's the Richest?, The Miser No No No £284 4s 27% N/A
08 May 1805 Covent Garden King Richard the Third, The Miser No No No £415 5s 6d 76% N/A
20 May 1805 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Miser No No No £493 1s 60% N/A
23 Nov 1805 Covent Garden The Country Girl, The Miser, The Wild Islanders; or, The Court of Pekin No No No £184 17s 6d 39% N/A
15 Sep 1806 Covent Garden John Bull, The Miser No No No £315 13s 6d 100% N/A
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