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 %
21 Oct 1749 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Lying Valet No No No £160 100% N/A
06 Nov 1749 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Lying Valet No No No £115 3s 49% N/A
02 Jan 1750 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Lying Valet Yes No No £99 6s 47% N/A
25 Jan 1750 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lying Valet Yes No No £164 6s 6d 77% N/A
02 Feb 1750 Drury Lane Merope, The Lying Valet, Swedish Gardeners No No No £141 15s 65% N/A
06 Feb 1750 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, Swedish Gardeners, Savoyard Travellers No No No £111 3s 6d 56% N/A
21 Feb 1750 Drury Lane The Miser, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance No No Yes £94 6d 29% N/A
30 Apr 1750 Drury Lane The Funeral, The Lying Valet, Highland Lad, Black Joke, Swedish Gardeners No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
15 Sep 1750 Drury Lane The Relapse Or Virtue In Danger, The Lying Valet No No No £100 100% N/A
15 Oct 1750 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe No No No £50 N/A N/A
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