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 Sep 1756 Covent Garden The Miser, The Double Disappointment Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1756 Covent Garden The Miser, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1757 Covent Garden The Miser, The Double Disappointment No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Miser, Merlin Harlequin Skeleton, Jovial Coopers No No No £130 4s 6d 37% N/A
17 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Miser, The Englishman Returned from Paris, The Judgment of Paris, The Sicilian Peasants No No No £102 11s 6d 34% N/A
08 May 1758 Covent Garden The Miser, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Comic Dance No No Yes £127 4s 6d N/A N/A
17 May 1758 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Hornpipe, Magic Scene No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
27 Sep 1758 Covent Garden The Miser, Damon and Phillida No No No £67 2s 6d 100% N/A
22 Nov 1758 Covent Garden The Miser, The Double Disappointment, The Feast of Bacchus No No No £38 13s 6d 20% N/A
19 Dec 1758 Covent Garden The Miser, The Englishman Returned from Paris, The Fingalian Dance No No Yes £62 9s N/A N/A
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