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 %
20 Dec 1765 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1766 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £261 10s 6d 54% N/A
28 Nov 1766 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £247 15s 55% N/A
19 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £256 4s 6d 57% N/A
12 May 1767 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Virgin Unmasked, The Louvre, Minuet No No Yes £35 5s 6d N/A N/A
09 Oct 1767 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1767 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Feb 1768 Drury Lane Zenobia, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1768 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Virgin Unmasked, The Highland Reel No No Yes £127 7s N/A N/A
15 May 1769 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Virgin Unmasked, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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