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 %
05 Dec 1748 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £149 7s 6d N/A N/A
14 Dec 1748 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £142 17s N/A N/A
17 Dec 1748 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £174 8s 6d N/A N/A
30 Dec 1748 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £134 13s 6d N/A N/A
20 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Foundling, The Virgin Unmasked, Savoyards, New Scotch Dance Yes No No £144 17s 6d N/A N/A
03 Feb 1749 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Virgin Unmasked, New Scotch Dance Yes No No £89 9s 6d N/A N/A
20 Feb 1749 Drury Lane Mahomet And Irene, The Virgin Unmasked, Savoyards No No Yes £110 N/A N/A
10 May 1749 Drury Lane King Lear, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £152 15s 6d 100% N/A
21 Sep 1749 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £70 100% N/A
17 Oct 1749 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £130 100% N/A
27 Oct 1749 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £160 76% N/A
02 Nov 1749 Drury Lane Othello Moor Of Venice, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £160 2s 72% N/A
16 Nov 1749 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £190 9s 6d 73% N/A
08 Sep 1750 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £110 100% N/A
01 Nov 1750 Drury Lane King Lear, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No £160 N/A N/A
17 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Virgin Unmasked, Country Amusements, Comic Dance, Pigmalion No No No £150 N/A N/A
26 Nov 1750 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No £160 N/A N/A
01 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Virgin Unmasked, Pigmalion, The Bird Catchers, Comic Dance Yes No No £120 N/A N/A
06 May 1751 Drury Lane The Double Gallant, The Virgin Unmasked, Hornpipe, Running Footman's Dance No No Yes £210 N/A N/A
08 May 1751 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Virgin Unmasked, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
10 May 1751 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift, The Virgin Unmasked, Hornpipe No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
12 Sep 1751 Drury Lane The Miser, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £90 100% N/A
18 Sep 1751 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £210 100% N/A
29 Oct 1754 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Oct 1754 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1754 Covent Garden The Constant Couple Or A Trip To The Jubilee, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1754 Covent Garden Phaedra And Hippolitus, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1754 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1755 Covent Garden Julius Caesar With The Deaths Of Brutus And Cassius, The Virgin Unmasked, Chinese Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1755 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1755 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1755 Covent Garden The Constant Couple, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1755 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1756 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1756 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Mar 1756 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Virgin Unmasked, Les Statues Animees No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1756 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £170 N/A N/A
11 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £120 N/A N/A
18 Dec 1756 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £266 N/A N/A
11 Jan 1757 Covent Garden Othello, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No £140 77% N/A
12 Nov 1757 Drury Lane King Lear, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £200 77% N/A
05 Dec 1757 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Virgin Unmasked, Jovial Coopers No No No £203 8s 6d 56% N/A
23 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Virgin Unmasked, The Italian Peasants, The Judgment of Paris No No No £50 2s 6d 21% N/A
19 Sep 1758 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Virgin Unmasked, The German Hunters No No No £107 1s 6d 100% N/A
18 Oct 1758 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Virgin Unmasked, The Threshers No No No £42 9s 6d 27% N/A
25 Oct 1758 Drury Lane King Lear, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £207 13s 6d 74% N/A
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