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 May 1772 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay, Hornpipe, The Provenzale No No Yes £254 14s 6d 40% N/A
21 Sep 1772 Covent Garden The Miser, The Deuce Is in Him, Fingalian Dance, Preceded New Occasional Prelude, Double Hornpipe No No No £199 5s 100% N/A
21 Oct 1772 Covent Garden The Miser, Mother Shipton No No No £136 13s 6d 35% N/A
26 Dec 1772 Covent Garden The Miser, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £228 5s 6d 58% N/A
03 Dec 1773 Covent Garden The Miser, The Golden Pippin No No No £137 9s 6d 47% N/A
31 Dec 1773 Covent Garden The Miser, The Golden Pippin Yes No No £129 12s 35% N/A
10 Feb 1774 Covent Garden The Miser, The Sylphs No No No £106 16s 34% N/A
30 Sep 1774 Covent Garden The Miser, The Sylphs Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Nov 1774 Covent Garden The Miser, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 May 1775 Covent Garden The Miser, The Padlock, The Humours of Blackwall No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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