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 %
27 Oct 1733 Drury Lane The Miser, The Harlots Progress, Drunken Peasant No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1733 Drury Lane The Miser, The Harlots Progress, Drunken Peasant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1733 Drury Lane The Miser, Cephalus and Procris, Scottish Dance, The Nassau No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Jan 1734 Drury Lane The Miser, The Livery Rake, New Scottish Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1734 Drury Lane The Miser, Cupid and Psyche No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Feb 1734 Drury Lane The Miser, Cupid and Psyche No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1734 Drury Lane The Miser, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Comic Medley Overture, Comic Dance, Pierrots, Scots Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1734 Drury Lane The Miser, The Mock Doctor, Drunken Peasant, Les Bergeries, Pierrots Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1734 Drury Lane The Miser, Colombine Courtezan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1734 Drury Lane The Miser, Colombine Courtezan, English Maggot, Black Joak, Polonese No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1735 Drury Lane The Miser, Colombine Courtezan Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1735 Drury Lane The Miser, An Old Man Taught Wisdom, 1st concerto, Op. 2, Dutchman and his Frow, Amorous Swain Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1735 Drury Lane The Miser, Colombine Courtezan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1735 Drury Lane The Miser, Harlequin Grand Volgi No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1735 Drury Lane The Miser, Colombine Courtezan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Jan 1736 Drury Lane The Miser, Harlequin Restord No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Feb 1736 Drury Lane The Miser, Harlequin Restord No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1736 Drury Lane The Miser, The Contrivances, English Maggot, Damon and Phillida, Revellers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1736 Drury Lane The Miser, The Contrivances, English Maggot, Comic Dance, Rover No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Nov 1736 Drury Lane The Miser, The Fall of Phaeton, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1736 Drury Lane The Miser, The Fall of Phaeton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1737 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and the Miller of Mansfield No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 May 1737 Drury Lane The Miser, The What Dye Call It, English Maggot, Harlequin, Punchs Dance, Russian Sailor, Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Sep 1737 Drury Lane The Miser, The Devil to Pay No No No £82 100% N/A
11 Feb 1738 Drury Lane The Miser, Harlequin Grand Volgi, Grand Polish Dance, Ballet, Drunken Peasant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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