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 %
12 Nov 1736 Drury Lane The Mother in law Or The Doctors The Disease, The Virgin Unmasked, English Maggot, Revellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1736 Drury Lane The Committee, The Virgin Unmasked, English Maggot, Flight, Rover Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1737 Drury Lane The Wife's Relief, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Mar 1737 Drury Lane Cato, The Virgin Unmasked, English Maggot, Frenchman and Frow No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1737 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Virgin Unmasked, English Maggot, The Lady's Lamentation for the Loss of Senesino, Russian Sailor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1737 Drury Lane The Man Of Taste Or The Guardians, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1737 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, The Virgin Unmasked, English Maggot, Drunken Peasant, Russian Sailor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1737 Drury Lane The Squire Of Alsatia, The Virgin Unmasked, Wooden Shoe Dance, English Maggot No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1737 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, The Virgin Unmasked, English Maggot, Come Let Us Prepare, Let Masonry be Now My Theme, On on My Dear, Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1737 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Virgin Unmasked, English Maggot, Harlequin, Russian Sailor, Wooden Shoes Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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