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 %
11 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £120 N/A N/A
18 Dec 1756 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £266 N/A N/A
11 Jan 1757 Covent Garden Othello, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No £140 77% N/A
12 Nov 1757 Drury Lane King Lear, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £200 77% N/A
05 Dec 1757 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Virgin Unmasked, Jovial Coopers No No No £203 8s 6d 56% N/A
23 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Virgin Unmasked, The Italian Peasants, The Judgment of Paris No No No £50 2s 6d 21% N/A
19 Sep 1758 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Virgin Unmasked, The German Hunters No No No £107 1s 6d 100% N/A
18 Oct 1758 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Virgin Unmasked, The Threshers No No No £42 9s 6d 27% N/A
25 Oct 1758 Drury Lane King Lear, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £207 13s 6d 74% N/A
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