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 %
19 May 1769 Covent Garden The Miser, Harlequin Dr Faustus, Hornpipe No No Yes £222 5s 6d N/A N/A
02 Oct 1769 Covent Garden The Miser, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £147 16s N/A N/A
27 Dec 1769 Covent Garden The Miser, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £145 11s N/A N/A
21 Dec 1770 Covent Garden The Miser, True Blue, The Author No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1771 Covent Garden The Miser, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Oct 1771 Covent Garden The Miser, The Knights, The Reel, The Old Ground Young No No No £199 14s 6d 50% N/A
11 Nov 1771 Drury Lane The Miser, The Institution of the Garter No No No £189 9s 6d 49% N/A
12 Nov 1771 Covent Garden The Miser, The Fairy Prince with Installation of Knights of the Garter No No No £220 10s 6d 61% N/A
26 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Miser, Mother Shipton No No No £165 19s 6d 41% N/A
06 May 1772 Covent Garden The Miser, The Padlock, The Rapture Yes No Yes £233 12s 54% N/A
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