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 Oct 1754 Covent Garden The Miser, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Dec 1754 Covent Garden The Miser, Harlequin Sorcerer or The Loves of Pluto and Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1754 Covent Garden The Miser, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1755 Covent Garden The Miser, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Miser, Miss in Her Teens, New Comic Dance, Chinese Dance, Comic Minuet, New Pastoral Pantomime No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Miser, The Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Miser, Miss in Her Teens No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1756 Covent Garden The Miser, Harlequin Skeleton No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1756 Covent Garden The Miser, The Press Gang or The Parting Lovers, Les Paisans Gallants, To Arms, Britons Strike Home No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1756 Drury Lane The Miser, Miss in Her Teens, Hornpipe No No Yes £210 N/A N/A
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