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 %
11 Apr 1738 Drury Lane The Miser, The Mock Doctor, Polonese Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1738 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, English Maggot, The Early Horn, Black Joke, Minuet, Russian Sailor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1738 Drury Lane The Miser, Robin Goodfellow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1738 Drury Lane The Miser, Harlequin Grand Volgi No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1738 Drury Lane The Miser, Robin Goodfellow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1739 Drury Lane The Miser, Robin Goodfellow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Mar 1739 Drury Lane The Miser, Colombine Courtezan No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1739 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Saraband, Oh Happy Pair, Minuet, Serious Dance No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 May 1739 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Tambourine, The Protestation, French Peasants, New Scotch Dance, Turkish Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Sep 1739 Drury Lane The Miser, Harlequin Shipwreckd, Grand Ballet, Aethiopian Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1739 Drury Lane The Miser, The Fall of Phaeton, To Arms, Le Gout Anglois, Britons Strike Home Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1739 Drury Lane The Miser, Harlequin Shipwreckd, Drunken Peasant, Larry Grogon Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Jan 1740 Drury Lane The Miser, Robin Goodfellow, L'Allamande, Le Tambourine Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1740 Drury Lane The Miser, The Tragedy of Tragedies or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great, Le Tambourine, English Captain, Ballet, Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1741 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, New Grand Ballet, Ball Minuet, Corelli's Jig, Pastres, Shepherds and Shepherdesses, The Queen Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1741 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, La Tambourine, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Sep 1741 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and Miller of Mansfield Yes No No £69 100% N/A
09 Nov 1741 Drury Lane The Miser, Les Mes Sabotiers, See from the Silent Groves Alexis Flies Yes No No £70 N/A N/A
12 Dec 1741 Covent Garden The Miser, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1741 Covent Garden The Miser, Tambourine, La Provencale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1741 Covent Garden The Miser, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Jan 1742 Drury Lane The Miser, See from the Silent Groves, Le Boufon, Les Masons et Les Sabotiers No No No £73 N/A N/A
01 Feb 1742 Drury Lane The Miser, Le Petit Scaramouche, Arlequin Petit-Maitre Yes No Yes £173 N/A N/A
17 Feb 1742 Covent Garden The Miser, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1742 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and Miller of Mansfield, The Noontide Air, Running Footman's Dance, Dutch Dance, Ellen A Roon Yes No Yes £50 N/A N/A
19 May 1742 Drury Lane The Miser, Miss Lucy in Town No No Yes £40 N/A N/A
25 May 1742 Covent Garden The Miser, Scots Dance, Rural Assembly, La Provencale, Les Savoyardes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1742 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and Miller of Mansfield, Concerto, Tyrolean Dance, Let Me Wander Not Unseen, Peasant Dance No No No £83 19s 6d 100% N/A
08 Nov 1742 Covent Garden The Miser, Dutch Skipper, Characters of Dancing, Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1742 Drury Lane The Miser, Turkish Seraglio, Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie Yes No No £34 17s 6d N/A N/A
27 Dec 1742 Drury Lane The Miser, Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie, La Recrue des Houssars No No No £42 19s N/A N/A
11 May 1743 Covent Garden The Miser, The Virgin Unmasked, Dutch Skipper, Grand Comic Ballet, Le Rendezvous Gallant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1743 Drury Lane The Miser, The School Boy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1743 Covent Garden The Miser, An Old Man Taught Wisdom or The Virgin Unmaskd No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1743 Covent Garden The Miser, The Lottery, Les Paisans Moisonneurs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Dec 1743 Covent Garden The Miser, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1744 Drury Lane The Miser, Harlequin Grand Volgi No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Feb 1744 Covent Garden The Miser, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1744 Covent Garden The Miser, The Cure For All Grief, Serious Dance, Advice to all Britons, Britons Strike Home, Grand Ballet, The Miser's Passport, The Trumpet's Loud Clangor Excites Us to Arms, To Arms No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1744 Drury Lane The Miser, The Devil to Pay, Concerto on violoncello No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1744 Covent Garden The Miser, The Mock Doctor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Nov 1744 Covent Garden The Miser, The Life of a Belle No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1744 Covent Garden The Miser, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1745 Covent Garden The Miser, Pyramus and Thisbe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1745 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance, Scotch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1745 Covent Garden The Miser, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Miser, The Lottery No No No £55 6s N/A N/A
11 Jan 1746 Drury Lane The Miser, The Lying Valet No No No £58 16s 6d N/A N/A
10 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Miser, The Contrivances, Italian Peasants No No No £76 5s N/A N/A
06 Mar 1746 Drury Lane The Miser, Harlequin Incendiary No No No £99 14s N/A N/A
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