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 %
11 May 1739 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Virgin Unmasked, Punches Dance, The Protestation, French Peasants, Saraband, Tambourine, Two Pierots Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1739 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance, French Peasants, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1739 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Virgin Unmasked, Come Let Us Prepare, Ethiopian Dance, Hungarian Dance, On on My Dear Brethren, Thus Mighty Eastern Kings, Ye Brethren of the Ancient Craft No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1739 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Virgin Unmasked, Punches, The Protestation, Ethiopian Dance, French Peasants, Pierots Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1739 Drury Lane The Twin Rivals, The Virgin Unmasked, La Provencale, Tambourine, Turkish Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1739 Drury Lane Sir Walter Raleigh, The Virgin Unmasked, Tambourine No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1739 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Virgin Unmasked, Turkish Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1740 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Mar 1740 Drury Lane Elmerick, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Mar 1740 Drury Lane Elmerick, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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