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 %
15 Mar 1800 Drury Lane The Egyptian Festival, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £266 18s 6d 50% N/A
26 Apr 1800 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £342 17s 59% N/A
06 Nov 1800 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £244 14s 6d 47% N/A
13 Dec 1800 Drury Lane Antonio; or, The Soldier's Return, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £256 18s 50% N/A
05 Jun 1801 Drury Lane The Iron Chest, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £177 1s 40% N/A
21 Oct 1801 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £256 18s 6d 44% N/A
10 Dec 1801 Drury Lane The Purse, The Point of Honour, The Scotch Ghost, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £143 17s 6d 27% N/A
06 Jan 1802 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £165 10s 6d 38% N/A
20 Mar 1802 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Festival of Bacchus, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £290 8s 44% N/A
25 Mar 1802 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £412 16s 6d 46% N/A
01 May 1802 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £193 10s 38% N/A
13 May 1802 Drury Lane Algonah, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £299 3s 6d 65% N/A
24 Mar 1803 Drury Lane The Hero of the North, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £306 5s 6d 38% N/A
25 Mar 1805 Drury Lane Romeo and Juliet, The United Britons, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £535 65% N/A
04 Jun 1805 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Virgin Unmasked, Katharine and Petruchio No No No £159 16s 6d 61% N/A
01 Nov 1805 Drury Lane A Prior Claim, Terpsichore's Return, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £350 10s 66% N/A
27 Jan 1806 Drury Lane The Travellers; or, Music's Fascination, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £435 9s 58% N/A
25 Sep 1806 Drury Lane The West-Indian, The Sprig of Shellelagh and Shamrock So Green, The Fair Circassian, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £311 12s 6d 100% N/A
18 Nov 1806 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Fair Circassian, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £130 15s 6d 29% N/A
24 Feb 1807 Drury Lane The Curfew, Emily; or, Juvenile Indiscretion, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £266 19s 48% N/A
11 Feb 1808 Drury Lane Kais; or, Love in the Deserts, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £310 7s 6d N/A N/A
19 Apr 1809 Drury Lane Cabinet, Love in a Tub, Virgin Unmasked No No No £221 10s 6d 50% N/A
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