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 %
19 May 1798 Drury Lane She's Eloped, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £197 13s 85% N/A
17 Jan 1799 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £190 5s 6d 36% N/A
27 May 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £402 2s 74% N/A
01 Jun 1799 Covent Garden The Way To Get Married, The Vanguard; or, British Tars Regaling after Battle, The Virgin Unmasked, The Storm, Black Ey'd Susan, Sally in Our Alley No No Yes £416 7s 9d 22% N/A
04 Jun 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £431 5s 91% N/A
02 Jul 1799 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £31 14s N/A N/A
19 Sep 1799 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £330 17s 100% N/A
29 Nov 1799 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £192 12s 6d 47% N/A
18 Dec 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £419 11s 62% N/A
12 Feb 1800 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Virgin Unmasked, The Scotch Ghost No No No £204 1s 6d 39% N/A
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