An Old Man Taught Wisdom; or, The Virgin Unmasked (1735)

Author
Henry Fielding
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£36,611 5s 3d £2,583 19s 3d (7.1%) £34,027 6s (92.9%)
1732 - 1809
£36,611 5s 3d - (100%) £2,583 19s 3d (7.1%) £34,027 6s (92.9%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
372 81 291
1732 - 1809
372 81 291
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
06 Jan 1735 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, An Old Man Taught Wisdom or The Virgin Unmaskd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1735 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, An Old Man Taught Wisdom No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Jan 1735 Drury Lane The Unhappy Favourite, An Old Man Taught Wisdom, La Coquette, Les Jaloux No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1735 Drury Lane Sir Courtly Nice, An Old Man Taught Wisdom, The Russian Sailor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1735 Drury Lane Sir Courtly Nice, An Old Man Taught Wisdom Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Jan 1735 Drury Lane The Christian Hero, An Old Man Taught Wisdom No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1735 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, An Old Man Taught Wisdom, English Maggot, Black Joak, Drunken Peasant, Pierrots, Revellers Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1735 Drury Lane Julius Caesar, An Old Man Taught Wisdom, English Maggot, Pierrots, Polonese, Russian Sailor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1735 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, An Old Man Taught Wisdom, English Maggot, Dutchman and his Frow, Pierrots, Polonese, Russian Sailor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1735 Drury Lane Tamerlane, An Old Man Taught Wisdom, English Maggot, Lively Lad and Lass, Pierots, Polonese No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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