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 %
10 May 1751 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift, The Virgin Unmasked, Hornpipe No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
12 Sep 1751 Drury Lane The Miser, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £90 100% N/A
18 Sep 1751 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £210 100% N/A
29 Oct 1754 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Oct 1754 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1754 Covent Garden The Constant Couple Or A Trip To The Jubilee, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1754 Covent Garden Phaedra And Hippolitus, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1754 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1755 Covent Garden Julius Caesar With The Deaths Of Brutus And Cassius, The Virgin Unmasked, Chinese Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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