The Lying Valet (1741)

Author
David Garrick
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
£28,371 17s 3d £6,232 11s 3d (22%) £22,139 6s (78%)
1732 - 1809
£28,371 17s 3d - (100%) £6,232 11s 3d (22%) £22,139 6s (78%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
292 87 205
1732 - 1809
292 87 205
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
31 Dec 1748 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lying Valet No No No £151 6s N/A N/A
21 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Foundling, The Lying Valet, New Scotch Dance Yes No No £145 3s N/A N/A
02 Feb 1749 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Lying Valet, New Scotch Dance Yes No No £116 15s N/A N/A
18 Feb 1749 Drury Lane Mahomet And Irene, The Lying Valet, Scotch Dance Yes No No £101 N/A N/A
14 Mar 1749 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Lying Valet, L'Entree de Flore, Harlequin Dance, Louvre, Minuet, Scotch Dance No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
03 Apr 1749 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The Lying Valet, The Drunken Peasant Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1749 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lying Valet No No No £168 18s 6d N/A N/A
24 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1749 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Lying Valet No No No £40 100% N/A
12 Oct 1749 Drury Lane Comus, The Lying Valet Yes No No £60 28% N/A
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