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 %
31 Jan 1789 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, The Miser, Negro Dance No No No £252 19s 6d 50% N/A
13 Feb 1789 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Miser No No No £119 6s 6d 37% N/A
28 Feb 1789 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, The Miser, Negro Dance No No No £219 17s 55% N/A
24 Mar 1789 Covent Garden The Miser, The Death of Captain Cook, The Prophet No No No £203 9s 44% N/A
07 Nov 1789 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Miser, Tamborine Dance No No No £204 19s 63% N/A
17 Nov 1789 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Miser No No No £152 18s 6d 42% N/A
26 Jan 1790 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Miser, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £173 6s 44% N/A
11 Mar 1790 Covent Garden The Czar, The Miser No No No £201 8s 42% N/A
06 May 1790 Covent Garden The Crusade, The Miser No No No £210 13s 6d 51% N/A
02 Dec 1791 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, The Miser No No No £204 14s 56% N/A
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