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 %
12 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £29 15s N/A N/A
13 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, The Virgin Unmasked, Britons Strike Home No No No £29 4s N/A N/A
24 Jan 1746 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Feb 1746 Drury Lane Comus, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £47 14s N/A N/A
17 Mar 1746 Drury Lane The Scornful Lady, The Virgin Unmasked, Colin And Phebe, Italian Peasants No No Yes £50 N/A N/A
19 Apr 1746 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Virgin Unmasked, Drunken Tyrolese No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1746 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £60 100% N/A
07 Oct 1746 Drury Lane Othello, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £150 100% N/A
20 Oct 1746 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £160 19s 100% N/A
22 Oct 1746 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £186 18s 100% N/A
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