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 %
08 Apr 1742 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Virgin Unmasked, Les Jardiniers Suedois, Grand Ball Dance, The Cuckow Dance, The German Hussar No No Yes £110 N/A N/A
24 Apr 1742 Drury Lane Henry VIII, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto, Bumper Squire Jones, Le Boufon, The Drunken Peasant No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
18 May 1742 Drury Lane Love Makes A Man, TThe Virgin Unmasked, Let Me Wander Not Unseen, Running Footman's Dance, A Concerto, Bumper Squire Jones No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
22 May 1742 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked, Bumper Squire Jones, Running Footman's Dance, Le Boufon, The Drunken Peasant, The Italian Peasants No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
16 Sep 1742 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto on German flute No No No £79 4s 6d 100% N/A
21 Sep 1742 Drury Lane The Tender Husband Or The Accomplishd Fools, The Virgin Unmasked, The Early Horn, Tyrolean Dance, Peasant Dance No No No £81 3s 100% N/A
04 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Virgin Unmasked The Old Man Taught Wisdom, Comic Dance, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, Old Man Taught Wisdom, The Happy Lovers, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1742 Covent Garden Macbeth, Old Man Taught Wisdom, Arrah My Judy Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, Old Man Taught Wisdom, The Happy Lovers, Harlequin Dance, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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