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 1736 Drury Lane The Miser, Harlequin Restord No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Feb 1736 Drury Lane The Miser, Harlequin Restord No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1736 Drury Lane The Miser, The Contrivances, English Maggot, Damon and Phillida, Revellers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1736 Drury Lane The Miser, The Contrivances, English Maggot, Comic Dance, Rover No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Nov 1736 Drury Lane The Miser, The Fall of Phaeton, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1736 Drury Lane The Miser, The Fall of Phaeton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1737 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and the Miller of Mansfield No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 May 1737 Drury Lane The Miser, The What Dye Call It, English Maggot, Harlequin, Punchs Dance, Russian Sailor, Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Sep 1737 Drury Lane The Miser, The Devil to Pay No No No £82 100% N/A
11 Feb 1738 Drury Lane The Miser, Harlequin Grand Volgi, Grand Polish Dance, Ballet, Drunken Peasant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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