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 %
08 Dec 1740 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Virgin Unmasked, Les Jardiniers Suedois, Le Boufon No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1740 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Virgin Unmasked, The Lunaticks, The Enchanted Garden No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1741 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Virgin Unmasked, L'Arlequine deux visages, L'Allemande, La Tambourin, L'Allemande No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1741 Drury Lane Comus, The Virgin Unmasked, L'Allemande, Shepherds and Shepherdesses Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1741 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Virgin Unmasked, La Tambourine, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, Blow Blow, Grand Dance, L'Allamande Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jun 1741 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The Virgin Unmasked, If Love be a Fault, Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Sep 1741 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £105 100% N/A
22 Sep 1741 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £70 100% N/A
08 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Man Of Mode Or Sir Fopling Flutter, The Virgin Unmasked, Sweet Bird, The Italian Peasants, Ballet, Elin A Roon No Yes Yes £230 N/A N/A
15 Mar 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto, The Italian Peasants Yes No Yes £140 N/A N/A
08 Apr 1742 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Virgin Unmasked, Les Jardiniers Suedois, Grand Ball Dance, The Cuckow Dance, The German Hussar No No Yes £110 N/A N/A
24 Apr 1742 Drury Lane Henry VIII, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto, Bumper Squire Jones, Le Boufon, The Drunken Peasant No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
18 May 1742 Drury Lane Love Makes A Man, TThe Virgin Unmasked, Let Me Wander Not Unseen, Running Footman's Dance, A Concerto, Bumper Squire Jones No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
22 May 1742 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked, Bumper Squire Jones, Running Footman's Dance, Le Boufon, The Drunken Peasant, The Italian Peasants No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
16 Sep 1742 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto on German flute No No No £79 4s 6d 100% N/A
21 Sep 1742 Drury Lane The Tender Husband Or The Accomplishd Fools, The Virgin Unmasked, The Early Horn, Tyrolean Dance, Peasant Dance No No No £81 3s 100% N/A
04 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Virgin Unmasked The Old Man Taught Wisdom, Comic Dance, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, Old Man Taught Wisdom, The Happy Lovers, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1742 Covent Garden Macbeth, Old Man Taught Wisdom, Arrah My Judy Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, Old Man Taught Wisdom, The Happy Lovers, Harlequin Dance, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1742 Covent Garden Richard III, Old Man Taught Wisdom, Happy Lovers, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1742 Covent Garden Richard III, Old Man Taught Wisdom, The Happy Lovers, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1742 Covent Garden Cato, Old Man Taught Wisdom, The Je ne scais quoy, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, Old Man Taught Wisdom, The Happy Lovers, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1742 Drury Lane King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto No No No £114 1s N/A N/A
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