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 %
31 Dec 1747 Drury Lane King Henry V, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £115 10s 6d 100% N/A
20 Jan 1748 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £181 5s 6d 100% N/A
27 Jan 1748 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No £195 11s 6d N/A N/A
08 Mar 1748 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Virgin Unmasked, Tambourine, Dutch Dance, Savoyards No No No £62 4s N/A N/A
19 Apr 1748 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Virgin Unmasked, Savoyards, Gondoliers No No Yes £207 N/A N/A
29 Apr 1748 Covent Garden The Double Gallant Or The Sick Lady's Cure, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1748 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1748 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1748 Drury Lane Othello, The Virgin Unmasked, L'Entree de Flore, Scots Sonato on Flute, Vertumnus and Pomona Yes No No £149 3s 6d 100% N/A
26 Nov 1748 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Virgin Unmasked, Scots Sonato on Flute, Savoyards Yes No No £143 6d N/A N/A
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