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 %
24 Sep 1756 Covent Garden The Miser, The Double Disappointment Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1756 Covent Garden The Miser, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1757 Covent Garden The Miser, The Double Disappointment No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Miser, Merlin Harlequin Skeleton, Jovial Coopers No No No £130 4s 6d 37% N/A
17 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Miser, The Englishman Returned from Paris, The Judgment of Paris, The Sicilian Peasants No No No £102 11s 6d 34% N/A
08 May 1758 Covent Garden The Miser, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Comic Dance No No Yes £127 4s 6d N/A N/A
17 May 1758 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Hornpipe, Magic Scene No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
27 Sep 1758 Covent Garden The Miser, Damon and Phillida No No No £67 2s 6d 100% N/A
22 Nov 1758 Covent Garden The Miser, The Double Disappointment, The Feast of Bacchus No No No £38 13s 6d 20% N/A
19 Dec 1758 Covent Garden The Miser, The Englishman Returned from Paris, The Fingalian Dance No No Yes £62 9s N/A N/A
09 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay, The Threshers No No Yes £257 9s 6d 35% N/A
17 Jan 1759 Drury Lane The Miser, Fortunatus No No No £131 15s 6d 51% N/A
08 Mar 1759 Covent Garden The Miser, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £249 18s 56% N/A
24 Sep 1759 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay No No No £111 5s 100% N/A
04 Dec 1759 Covent Garden The Miser, The Judgment of Paris, The Threshers No No No £80 3s 6d 30% N/A
23 Feb 1760 Covent Garden The Miser, The Fair No No No £135 16s N/A N/A
21 May 1760 Covent Garden The Miser, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £36 12s 6d N/A N/A
29 Jul 1760 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and The Miller, Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1760 Covent Garden The Miser, The Rape of Proserpine with the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin No No No £138 13s 6d N/A N/A
27 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Miser, Thomas and Sally, New Comic Dance No No No £105 4s N/A N/A
14 May 1761 Covent Garden The Miser, Lethe, Last New Comic Dance No No Yes £215 13s N/A N/A
11 Sep 1761 Covent Garden The Miser, The Rape of Proserpine with the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1761 Covent Garden The Miser, Thomas and Sally, Wooden Shoe Dance, The French Country Gentleman or the Female Metamorphoses No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1762 Drury Lane The Miser, The Genii, Hearts of Oak No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Mar 1762 Covent Garden The Miser, The Dragon of Wantly, The Pedlar Tricked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1762 Covent Garden The Miser, Thomas and Sally No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1762 Covent Garden The Miser, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 May 1763 Drury Lane The Miser, The Mock Doctor, Double Hornpipe, The Shoemakers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1763 Covent Garden The Miser, Thomas and Sally, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1763 Drury Lane The Miser, The Deuce Is in Him, The Italian Gardeners No No No £119 14s N/A N/A
29 Dec 1763 Drury Lane The Miser, The Rites of Hecate, The Italian Gardiners No Yes No £253 8s N/A N/A
20 Jan 1764 Covent Garden The Miser, Perseus and Andromeda and the Arcadian Nuptials No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Miser, Queen Mab, The Millers, The Medley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1766 Covent Garden The Miser, Catherine and Petruchio, Hornpipe, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Jan 1767 Covent Garden The Miser, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £197 15s 53% N/A
20 Feb 1767 Covent Garden The Miser, Harlequin Dr Faustus Yes No No £173 17s 6d 64% N/A
09 May 1767 Covent Garden The Miser, Harlequin Dr Faustus, Hornpipe, Minuet No No Yes £182 6s 6d N/A N/A
27 Sep 1768 Covent Garden The Miser, Thomas and Sally, The Merry Sailors No No No £74 12s 6d N/A N/A
27 Dec 1768 Covent Garden The Miser, Apollo and Daphne No No No £216 15s 6d N/A N/A
05 Jan 1769 Covent Garden The Miser, Apollo and Daphne, The Reel No Yes No £223 14s 6d N/A N/A
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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