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 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Virgin Unmasked, Spanish Dance No No No £186 9s 6d 62% N/A
16 Jan 1759 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £178 14s 69% N/A
01 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Ambitious Step Mother, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £148 15s 58% N/A
22 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Virgin Unmasked, The Prussian Camp Yes No No £196 1s N/A N/A
30 May 1759 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Virgin Unmasked, Hornpipe No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
06 Oct 1759 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked, The Shepherds Holiday, Pantomime Dance, The Italian Gardiner No No No £130 100% N/A
27 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Virgin Unmasked, The Cossacks, Minuet, The Taylors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1762 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Virgin Unmasked, The Cow Keepers, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Virgin Unmasked, The Milk Maids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1765 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1766 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £261 10s 6d 54% N/A
28 Nov 1766 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £247 15s 55% N/A
19 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £256 4s 6d 57% N/A
12 May 1767 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Virgin Unmasked, The Louvre, Minuet No No Yes £35 5s 6d N/A N/A
09 Oct 1767 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1767 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Feb 1768 Drury Lane Zenobia, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1768 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Virgin Unmasked, The Highland Reel No No Yes £127 7s N/A N/A
15 May 1769 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Virgin Unmasked, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £237 8s 6d 55% N/A
25 Jan 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £269 10s 6d N/A N/A
28 Jan 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £264 16s 57% N/A
31 Jan 1786 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £291 10s 54% N/A
01 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, The Virgin Unmasked, The Piping Pedlar No No No £163 17s 38% N/A
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