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 %
01 Nov 1754 Covent Garden The Constant Couple Or A Trip To The Jubilee, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1754 Covent Garden Phaedra And Hippolitus, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1754 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1755 Covent Garden Julius Caesar With The Deaths Of Brutus And Cassius, The Virgin Unmasked, Chinese Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1755 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1755 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1755 Covent Garden The Constant Couple, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1755 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1756 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1756 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Mar 1756 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Virgin Unmasked, Les Statues Animees No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1756 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £170 N/A N/A
11 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £120 N/A N/A
18 Dec 1756 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £266 N/A N/A
11 Jan 1757 Covent Garden Othello, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No £140 77% N/A
12 Nov 1757 Drury Lane King Lear, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £200 77% N/A
05 Dec 1757 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Virgin Unmasked, Jovial Coopers No No No £203 8s 6d 56% N/A
23 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Virgin Unmasked, The Italian Peasants, The Judgment of Paris No No No £50 2s 6d 21% N/A
19 Sep 1758 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Virgin Unmasked, The German Hunters No No No £107 1s 6d 100% N/A
18 Oct 1758 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Virgin Unmasked, The Threshers No No No £42 9s 6d 27% N/A
25 Oct 1758 Drury Lane King Lear, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £207 13s 6d 74% N/A
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