An Old Man Taught Wisdom; or, The Virgin Unmasked (1735)

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 %
27 Oct 1746 Covent Garden The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £190 6s N/A N/A
31 Oct 1746 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Virgin Unmasked No Yes No £188 8s 6d 73% N/A
06 Nov 1746 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £170 9s 100% N/A
17 Jan 1747 Drury Lane 1 Henry IV, 1 The Virgin Unmasked No No No £70 26% N/A
23 Apr 1747 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
07 May 1747 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Virgin Unmasked, Hornpipe No No Yes £143 12s 6d N/A N/A
13 May 1747 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Virgin Unmasked, The English Boy and Girl, Minuet Yes No Yes £140 2s 6d N/A N/A
22 May 1747 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £244 16s 6d 100% N/A
23 Oct 1747 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £176 5s 100% N/A
06 Nov 1747 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £182 6d 100% N/A