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 %
09 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay, The Threshers No No Yes £257 9s 6d 35% N/A
17 Jan 1759 Drury Lane The Miser, Fortunatus No No No £131 15s 6d 51% N/A
08 Mar 1759 Covent Garden The Miser, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £249 18s 56% N/A
24 Sep 1759 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay No No No £111 5s 100% N/A
04 Dec 1759 Covent Garden The Miser, The Judgment of Paris, The Threshers No No No £80 3s 6d 30% N/A
23 Feb 1760 Covent Garden The Miser, The Fair No No No £135 16s N/A N/A
21 May 1760 Covent Garden The Miser, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £36 12s 6d N/A N/A
29 Jul 1760 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and The Miller, Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1760 Covent Garden The Miser, The Rape of Proserpine with the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin No No No £138 13s 6d N/A N/A
27 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Miser, Thomas and Sally, New Comic Dance No No No £105 4s N/A N/A
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