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 %
17 Mar 1787 Drury Lane Seduction, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £216 12s 6d N/A N/A
01 May 1787 Drury Lane Seduction, The Virgin Unmasked, La Soiree Provencalle No No No £133 11s 45% N/A
03 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Virgin Unmasked, The Capricious Lovers No No No £98 4s 6d 34% N/A
13 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £248 17s 6d 100% N/A
20 Nov 1787 Drury Lane The Carmelite, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £136 8s 6d 45% N/A
20 May 1788 Drury Lane The Regent, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £158 12s 6d N/A N/A
23 Mar 1789 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £169 19s 6d 42% N/A
30 Apr 1789 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Blade Bone or Harlequins Frolic, The Virgin Unmasked, British Loyalty; or, A Squeeze for St. Paul's No No Yes £266 3s 6d 48% N/A
01 Oct 1789 Drury Lane King Henry The Fifth Or The Conquest Of France, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £167 18s 6d 100% N/A
03 Oct 1789 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £170 12s 6d 100% N/A
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