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 %
01 Apr 1745 Covent Garden 2 Henry IV, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1745 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance, La Gondalier, Minuet, The Louvre Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1745 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift, The Virgin Unmasked, Go Rose My Chloe's Bosom Grace, Comic Dance, War He Sung is Toil and Trouble Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1745 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1745 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Virgin Unmasked, Scotch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 May 1745 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1745 Covent Garden As You Like It, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1745 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1745 Covent Garden The Nonjuror, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1745 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £38 4s N/A N/A
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