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 %
24 Jan 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £237 8s 6d 55% N/A
25 Jan 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £269 10s 6d N/A N/A
28 Jan 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £264 16s 57% N/A
31 Jan 1786 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £291 10s 54% N/A
01 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, The Virgin Unmasked, The Piping Pedlar No No No £163 17s 38% N/A
03 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £221 13s 6d 53% N/A
06 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Virgin Unmasked No Yes No £281 8s 6d 58% N/A
06 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Virgin Unmasked, Leap Year No No No £204 9s 42% N/A
10 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £277 4s 52% N/A
14 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £243 17s 6d 50% N/A
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