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 %
29 Dec 1763 Drury Lane The Miser, The Rites of Hecate, The Italian Gardiners No Yes No £253 8s N/A N/A
20 Jan 1764 Covent Garden The Miser, Perseus and Andromeda and the Arcadian Nuptials No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Miser, Queen Mab, The Millers, The Medley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1766 Covent Garden The Miser, Catherine and Petruchio, Hornpipe, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Jan 1767 Covent Garden The Miser, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £197 15s 53% N/A
20 Feb 1767 Covent Garden The Miser, Harlequin Dr Faustus Yes No No £173 17s 6d 64% N/A
09 May 1767 Covent Garden The Miser, Harlequin Dr Faustus, Hornpipe, Minuet No No Yes £182 6s 6d N/A N/A
27 Sep 1768 Covent Garden The Miser, Thomas and Sally, The Merry Sailors No No No £74 12s 6d N/A N/A
27 Dec 1768 Covent Garden The Miser, Apollo and Daphne No No No £216 15s 6d N/A N/A
05 Jan 1769 Covent Garden The Miser, Apollo and Daphne, The Reel No Yes No £223 14s 6d N/A N/A
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