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 %
24 Oct 1749 Drury Lane The Miser, Venetian Gardeners, L'Entree de Flore No No No £80 58% N/A
05 Dec 1749 Drury Lane The Miser, The Chaplet No No No £77 10s 6d 48% N/A
21 Feb 1750 Drury Lane The Miser, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance No No Yes £94 6d 29% N/A
24 Sep 1750 Covent Garden The Miser, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Oct 1750 Covent Garden The Miser, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Miser, Queen Mab No No No £160 N/A N/A
24 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Miser, Queen Mab No No No £100 N/A N/A
13 May 1751 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay, Characters of Dancing, La Paisanne No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Sep 1751 Drury Lane The Miser, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £90 100% N/A
08 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Miser, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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