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 %
14 May 1761 Covent Garden The Miser, Lethe, Last New Comic Dance No No Yes £215 13s N/A N/A
11 Sep 1761 Covent Garden The Miser, The Rape of Proserpine with the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1761 Covent Garden The Miser, Thomas and Sally, Wooden Shoe Dance, The French Country Gentleman or the Female Metamorphoses No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1762 Drury Lane The Miser, The Genii, Hearts of Oak No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Mar 1762 Covent Garden The Miser, The Dragon of Wantly, The Pedlar Tricked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1762 Covent Garden The Miser, Thomas and Sally No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1762 Covent Garden The Miser, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 May 1763 Drury Lane The Miser, The Mock Doctor, Double Hornpipe, The Shoemakers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1763 Covent Garden The Miser, Thomas and Sally, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1763 Drury Lane The Miser, The Deuce Is in Him, The Italian Gardeners No No No £119 14s N/A N/A
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