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 %
17 Mar 1787 Drury Lane Seduction, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £216 12s 6d N/A N/A
01 May 1787 Drury Lane Seduction, The Virgin Unmasked, La Soiree Provencalle No No No £133 11s 45% N/A
03 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Virgin Unmasked, The Capricious Lovers No No No £98 4s 6d 34% N/A
13 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £248 17s 6d 100% N/A
20 Nov 1787 Drury Lane The Carmelite, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £136 8s 6d 45% N/A
20 May 1788 Drury Lane The Regent, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £158 12s 6d N/A N/A
23 Mar 1789 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £169 19s 6d 42% N/A
30 Apr 1789 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Blade Bone or Harlequins Frolic, The Virgin Unmasked, British Loyalty; or, A Squeeze for St. Paul's No No Yes £266 3s 6d 48% N/A
01 Oct 1789 Drury Lane King Henry The Fifth Or The Conquest Of France, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £167 18s 6d 100% N/A
03 Oct 1789 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £170 12s 6d 100% N/A
02 Dec 1789 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £132 6s 6d 25% N/A
11 Jan 1791 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £296 4s 56% N/A
11 Jan 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £346 10s 60% N/A
17 Jan 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £397 6s 69% N/A
21 Jan 1792 Drury Lane Isabella Or The Fatal Marriage, The Virgin Unmasked, Epithalamium No No No £432 8s 6d 67% N/A
25 Jan 1792 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £155 39% N/A
01 Feb 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £340 18s 6d 66% N/A
06 Feb 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £322 6s 6d 47% N/A
18 Feb 1792 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £425 6s 65% N/A
23 Apr 1792 Drury Lane The Fugitive, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £372 13s 62% N/A
30 Apr 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £322 60% N/A
14 May 1792 Drury Lane The Fugitive, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £218 14s 6d 47% N/A
25 May 1792 Drury Lane Dido Queen Of Carthage, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £178 3s 6d 77% N/A
29 Nov 1792 Drury Lane The Pirates, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £212 6s 45% N/A
17 Dec 1792 Drury Lane Isabella Or The Fatal Marriage, The Virgin Unmasked, Epithalamium No No No £301 3s 6d 60% N/A
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