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 Dec 1791 Covent Garden Notoriety, The Miser No Yes No £408 9s 6d 67% N/A
14 Feb 1792 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Miser No No No £203 10s 6d 34% N/A
05 Dec 1793 Covent Garden Nina, The Siege Of Berwick, The Miser No No No £219 13s 6d 100% N/A
08 Apr 1795 Covent Garden The Telegraph, The Comedy of Errors, The Miser, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £409 11s 48% N/A
21 Nov 1797 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Miser, Hornpipe in Fetters, Old Towler No No No £220 19s 49% N/A
21 Sep 1798 Covent Garden A Cure For The Heart Ache, The Miser No No No £225 17s 100% N/A
24 Sep 1798 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Miser, Dirge No No No £215 11s 100% N/A
04 Feb 1799 Covent Garden The Miser, The Guardian, The Magic Oak, Overture accompanied on the Union Pipes and Pedal Harp No Yes No £486 3s 67% N/A
09 May 1799 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, Sylvester Daggerwood, The Miser, Orphan Bess the Beggar Girl, The Country Club No No Yes £550 19s 6d 32% N/A
31 Oct 1799 Covent Garden Management, The Miser No No No £259 18s 67% N/A
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