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
£38,648 17s 3d £3,280 16s 9d (8.5%) £35,368 6d (91.5%)
1732 - 1809
£38,648 17s 3d - (100%) £3,280 16s 9d (8.5%) £35,368 6d (91.5%)
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 %
02 Feb 1793 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £138 5s 31% N/A
02 Mar 1793 Drury Lane The Count Of Narbonne, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £144 6s 32% N/A
05 Jun 1793 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Virgin Unmasked, Hornpipe No No Yes £338 13% N/A
21 Apr 1794 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £651 14s 67% N/A
22 Apr 1794 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £459 72% N/A
23 Apr 1794 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £408 2s 71% N/A
24 Apr 1794 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £418 8s 73% N/A
07 Jan 1795 Drury Lane The Cherokee, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £205 2s 6d 51% N/A
07 May 1795 Drury Lane Jack Of Newbury, The Triumph of Hymen, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £151 11s 62% N/A
05 May 1796 Drury Lane First Love, A Much Admired Scene from Harlequins Invasion, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £367 8s 6d 54% N/A
11 May 1796 Drury Lane The Smugglers, The Virgin Unmasked, The Deserter, My Faith and Truth, Listen to the Voice of Love No No Yes £292 4s 43% N/A
03 Oct 1796 Drury Lane Coriolanus Or The Roman Matron, The Virgin Unmasked, The Triumph of Love No No No £390 17s 6d 65% N/A
31 Oct 1796 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked, The Scotch Ghost No No No £400 11s 61% N/A
09 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or George Barnwell, A Trip to the Nore, The Virgin Unmasked, Dance of Sailors, Hornpipe No No No £317 5s 6d 62% N/A
14 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £316 18s 6d 68% N/A
19 May 1798 Drury Lane She's Eloped, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £197 13s 85% N/A
17 Jan 1799 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £190 5s 6d 36% N/A
27 May 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £402 2s 74% N/A
01 Jun 1799 Covent Garden The Way To Get Married, The Vanguard; or, British Tars Regaling after Battle, The Virgin Unmasked, The Storm, Black Ey'd Susan, Sally in Our Alley No No Yes £416 7s 9d 22% N/A
04 Jun 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £431 5s 91% N/A
02 Jul 1799 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £31 14s N/A N/A
19 Sep 1799 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £330 17s 100% N/A
29 Nov 1799 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £192 12s 6d 47% N/A
18 Dec 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £419 11s 62% N/A
12 Feb 1800 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Virgin Unmasked, The Scotch Ghost No No No £204 1s 6d 39% N/A
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