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 %
29 Mar 1744 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1744 Covent Garden Othello, Old Man Taught Wisdom or The Virgin Unmaskd, Scotch Dance, To Arms, Britons Strike Home, My Faith and Truth Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1744 Covent Garden Julius Caesar, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1744 Covent Garden 2 Henry IV, The Virgin Unmasked, Ballet, Scotch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1744 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant, The Virgin Unmasked, Scotch Dance, To Arms, Britons Strike Home No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1744 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1744 Covent Garden The Double Gallant, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Sep 1744 Covent Garden Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discovered, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1744 Covent Garden The Revenge, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1744 Covent Garden The Revenge, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1745 Covent Garden 2 Henry IV, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1745 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance, La Gondalier, Minuet, The Louvre Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1745 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift, The Virgin Unmasked, Go Rose My Chloe's Bosom Grace, Comic Dance, War He Sung is Toil and Trouble Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1745 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1745 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Virgin Unmasked, Scotch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 May 1745 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1745 Covent Garden As You Like It, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1745 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1745 Covent Garden The Nonjuror, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1745 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £38 4s N/A N/A
12 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £29 15s N/A N/A
13 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, The Virgin Unmasked, Britons Strike Home No No No £29 4s N/A N/A
24 Jan 1746 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Feb 1746 Drury Lane Comus, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £47 14s N/A N/A
17 Mar 1746 Drury Lane The Scornful Lady, The Virgin Unmasked, Colin And Phebe, Italian Peasants No No Yes £50 N/A N/A
19 Apr 1746 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Virgin Unmasked, Drunken Tyrolese No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1746 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £60 100% N/A
07 Oct 1746 Drury Lane Othello, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £150 100% N/A
20 Oct 1746 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £160 19s 100% N/A
22 Oct 1746 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £186 18s 100% N/A
27 Oct 1746 Covent Garden The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £190 6s N/A N/A
31 Oct 1746 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Virgin Unmasked No Yes No £188 8s 6d 73% N/A
06 Nov 1746 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £170 9s 100% N/A
17 Jan 1747 Drury Lane 1 Henry IV, 1 The Virgin Unmasked No No No £70 26% N/A
23 Apr 1747 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
07 May 1747 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Virgin Unmasked, Hornpipe No No Yes £143 12s 6d N/A N/A
13 May 1747 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Virgin Unmasked, The English Boy and Girl, Minuet Yes No Yes £140 2s 6d N/A N/A
22 May 1747 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £244 16s 6d 100% N/A
23 Oct 1747 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £176 5s 100% N/A
06 Nov 1747 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £182 6d 100% N/A
31 Dec 1747 Drury Lane King Henry V, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £115 10s 6d 100% N/A
20 Jan 1748 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £181 5s 6d 100% N/A
27 Jan 1748 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No £195 11s 6d N/A N/A
08 Mar 1748 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Virgin Unmasked, Tambourine, Dutch Dance, Savoyards No No No £62 4s N/A N/A
19 Apr 1748 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Virgin Unmasked, Savoyards, Gondoliers No No Yes £207 N/A N/A
29 Apr 1748 Covent Garden The Double Gallant Or The Sick Lady's Cure, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1748 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1748 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1748 Drury Lane Othello, The Virgin Unmasked, L'Entree de Flore, Scots Sonato on Flute, Vertumnus and Pomona Yes No No £149 3s 6d 100% N/A
26 Nov 1748 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Virgin Unmasked, Scots Sonato on Flute, Savoyards Yes No No £143 6d N/A N/A
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