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 %
01 May 1802 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £193 10s 38% N/A
13 May 1802 Drury Lane Algonah, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £299 3s 6d 65% N/A
24 Mar 1803 Drury Lane The Hero of the North, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £306 5s 6d 38% N/A
25 Mar 1805 Drury Lane Romeo and Juliet, The United Britons, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £535 65% N/A
04 Jun 1805 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Virgin Unmasked, Katharine and Petruchio No No No £159 16s 6d 61% N/A
01 Nov 1805 Drury Lane A Prior Claim, Terpsichore's Return, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £350 10s 66% N/A
27 Jan 1806 Drury Lane The Travellers; or, Music's Fascination, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £435 9s 58% N/A
25 Sep 1806 Drury Lane The West-Indian, The Sprig of Shellelagh and Shamrock So Green, The Fair Circassian, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £311 12s 6d 100% N/A
18 Nov 1806 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Fair Circassian, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £130 15s 6d 29% N/A
24 Feb 1807 Drury Lane The Curfew, Emily; or, Juvenile Indiscretion, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £266 19s 48% N/A
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