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 %
23 Apr 1794 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £408 2s 71% N/A
24 Apr 1794 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £418 8s 73% N/A
07 Jan 1795 Drury Lane The Cherokee, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £205 2s 6d 51% N/A
07 May 1795 Drury Lane Jack Of Newbury, The Triumph of Hymen, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £151 11s 62% N/A
05 May 1796 Drury Lane First Love, A Much Admired Scene from Harlequins Invasion, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £367 8s 6d 54% N/A
11 May 1796 Drury Lane The Smugglers, The Virgin Unmasked, The Deserter, My Faith and Truth, Listen to the Voice of Love No No Yes £292 4s 43% N/A
03 Oct 1796 Drury Lane Coriolanus Or The Roman Matron, The Virgin Unmasked, The Triumph of Love No No No £390 17s 6d 65% N/A
31 Oct 1796 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked, The Scotch Ghost No No No £400 11s 61% N/A
09 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or George Barnwell, A Trip to the Nore, The Virgin Unmasked, Dance of Sailors, Hornpipe No No No £317 5s 6d 62% N/A
14 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £316 18s 6d 68% N/A
Download Export