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 %
29 May 1772 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay, Hornpipe, The Provenzale No No Yes £254 14s 6d 40% N/A
21 Sep 1772 Covent Garden The Miser, The Deuce Is in Him, Fingalian Dance, Preceded New Occasional Prelude, Double Hornpipe No No No £199 5s 100% N/A
21 Oct 1772 Covent Garden The Miser, Mother Shipton No No No £136 13s 6d 35% N/A
26 Dec 1772 Covent Garden The Miser, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £228 5s 6d 58% N/A
03 Dec 1773 Covent Garden The Miser, The Golden Pippin No No No £137 9s 6d 47% N/A
31 Dec 1773 Covent Garden The Miser, The Golden Pippin Yes No No £129 12s 35% N/A
10 Feb 1774 Covent Garden The Miser, The Sylphs No No No £106 16s 34% N/A
30 Sep 1774 Covent Garden The Miser, The Sylphs Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Nov 1774 Covent Garden The Miser, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 May 1775 Covent Garden The Miser, The Padlock, The Humours of Blackwall No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Miser, The Royal Chace or Harlequin Skeleton, The Humours of New-Market, The Poney Races No No No £173 11s 6d 100% N/A
05 Mar 1778 Covent Garden The Miser, Poor Vulcan No No No £116 11s 6d 38% N/A
07 Oct 1779 Drury Lane The Miser, The Wonders Of Derbyshire No No No £167 4s 100% N/A
26 Oct 1779 Drury Lane The Miser, Selima And Azor No No No £154 9s 100% N/A
06 Jan 1780 Drury Lane The Miser, Fortunatus No No No £137 11s 6d 63% N/A
26 May 1780 Drury Lane The Miser, The Miniature Picture, The Sportsman Deceived No No No £105 19s 6d 85% N/A
03 Oct 1780 Drury Lane The Election, The Miser, Selima and Azor No No No £72 10s 6d 32% N/A
20 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The Miser, Bon Ton, The Force of Love No Yes No £262 7s 6d 59% N/A
30 Oct 1786 Drury Lane The Miser, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £184 4s N/A N/A
30 Apr 1787 Covent Garden The Miser, Rosina No No No £215 14s 69% N/A
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
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