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 %
08 Dec 1740 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Virgin Unmasked, Les Jardiniers Suedois, Le Boufon No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1740 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Virgin Unmasked, The Lunaticks, The Enchanted Garden No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1741 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Virgin Unmasked, L'Arlequine deux visages, L'Allemande, La Tambourin, L'Allemande No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1741 Drury Lane Comus, The Virgin Unmasked, L'Allemande, Shepherds and Shepherdesses Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1741 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Virgin Unmasked, La Tambourine, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, Blow Blow, Grand Dance, L'Allamande Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jun 1741 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The Virgin Unmasked, If Love be a Fault, Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Sep 1741 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £105 100% N/A
22 Sep 1741 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £70 100% N/A
08 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Man Of Mode Or Sir Fopling Flutter, The Virgin Unmasked, Sweet Bird, The Italian Peasants, Ballet, Elin A Roon No Yes Yes £230 N/A N/A
15 Mar 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto, The Italian Peasants Yes No Yes £140 N/A N/A
08 Apr 1742 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Virgin Unmasked, Les Jardiniers Suedois, Grand Ball Dance, The Cuckow Dance, The German Hussar No No Yes £110 N/A N/A
24 Apr 1742 Drury Lane Henry VIII, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto, Bumper Squire Jones, Le Boufon, The Drunken Peasant No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
18 May 1742 Drury Lane Love Makes A Man, TThe Virgin Unmasked, Let Me Wander Not Unseen, Running Footman's Dance, A Concerto, Bumper Squire Jones No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
22 May 1742 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked, Bumper Squire Jones, Running Footman's Dance, Le Boufon, The Drunken Peasant, The Italian Peasants No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
16 Sep 1742 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto on German flute No No No £79 4s 6d 100% N/A
21 Sep 1742 Drury Lane The Tender Husband Or The Accomplishd Fools, The Virgin Unmasked, The Early Horn, Tyrolean Dance, Peasant Dance No No No £81 3s 100% N/A
04 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Virgin Unmasked The Old Man Taught Wisdom, Comic Dance, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, Old Man Taught Wisdom, The Happy Lovers, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1742 Covent Garden Macbeth, Old Man Taught Wisdom, Arrah My Judy Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, Old Man Taught Wisdom, The Happy Lovers, Harlequin Dance, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1742 Covent Garden Richard III, Old Man Taught Wisdom, Happy Lovers, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1742 Covent Garden Richard III, Old Man Taught Wisdom, The Happy Lovers, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1742 Covent Garden Cato, Old Man Taught Wisdom, The Je ne scais quoy, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, Old Man Taught Wisdom, The Happy Lovers, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1742 Drury Lane King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto No No No £114 1s N/A N/A
27 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The Virgin Unmasked, Grand Ballet, Dutch Skipper, Tambourine, The Character of Dancing No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1742 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Virgin Unmasked, La Villageoise, Characters of Dancing, Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1743 Drury Lane King Lear, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto on German flute No No No £113 11s 6d N/A N/A
07 Mar 1743 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No £90 N/A N/A
14 Mar 1743 Drury Lane Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discovered, The Virgin Unmasked, The Noontide Air No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1743 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Virgin Unmasked, Characters of Dancing, Les Boufons du Cour, Tambourine Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Mar 1743 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Virgin Unmasked, Sicilian Peasant, Neopolitan Punch No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto, Neopolitan Punch, Distracted I Turn, New concerto on German flute No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1743 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Virgin Unmasked, Tambourine, Characters of Dancing, New Grand Comic Ballet, Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1743 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No £43 13s 6d N/A N/A
21 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Virgin Unmasked, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, Sicilian Peasant, La Florana No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1743 Covent Garden Cato, The Virgin Unmasked, Italian Dance, Harlequin, Louvre, Minuet, Un Pas de Deux No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1743 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Virgin Unmasked, Dutch Skipper, Characters of Dancing, Grand Comic Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1743 Covent Garden The Pilgrim, The Virgin Unmasked, The Happy Lovers, Characters of Dancing, Grand Comic Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1743 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Virgin Unmasked, Tyrolean Dance, New Serious Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1743 Covent Garden The Miser, The Virgin Unmasked, Dutch Skipper, Grand Comic Ballet, Le Rendezvous Gallant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1743 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Old Man Taught Wisdom or The Virgin Unmaskd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Oct 1743 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Virgin Unmasked, Serious Ballet, New Scotch Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1743 Drury Lane The Constant Couple Or A Trip To The Jubilee, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1743 Covent Garden The Miser, An Old Man Taught Wisdom or The Virgin Unmaskd No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1743 Covent Garden The Fair Quaker Of Deal Or The Humours Of The Navy, An Old Man Taught Wisdom No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jan 1744 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion, Old Man Taught Wisdom No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1744 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Old Man Taught Wisdom No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1744 Drury Lane The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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