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 %
07 May 1787 Covent Garden The Miser, Love in a Camp, The Wapping Landlady No No No £211 18s 58% N/A
21 Jan 1788 Covent Garden The Miser, The Farmer, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £281 14s 6d 59% N/A
18 Feb 1788 Covent Garden The Miser, The Dumb Cake No No No £203 11s 6d 56% N/A
05 Apr 1788 Covent Garden The Miser, The Farmer No No No £173 12s 6d 52% N/A
10 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Miser, New Scotch Overture No No No £287 8s 6d 62% N/A
11 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Miser No No No £233 3s 6d 53% N/A
13 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Miser No No No £206 4s 72% N/A
18 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Miser No No No £224 10s 6d 67% N/A
24 Nov 1788 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, The Miser, Negro Dance No No No £190 2s 51% N/A
20 Dec 1788 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Miser No No No £172 7s 42% N/A
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