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 %
30 Sep 1785 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe No No No £180 6s 6d 100% N/A
03 Oct 1787 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Lying Valet No No No £189 4s 3d 66% N/A
08 Oct 1787 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Lying Valet, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £223 18s 6d 100% N/A
02 Oct 1788 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Lying Valet, The Conjugal Frolick No No No £174 6s 6d 100% N/A
05 Dec 1789 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Lying Valet No No No £208 1s 6d 51% N/A
12 Dec 1789 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Lying Valet No No No £207 10s 6d 48% N/A
26 May 1790 Covent Garden The Lying Valet, The Poor Soldier, Harlequin's Chaplet, Grand Ballet of Action No No Yes £285 2s 72% N/A
15 Apr 1793 Covent Garden The Comedy Of Errors, The Relief of Williamstadt, The Lying Valet, The Bouquet No Yes No £350 4s 6d N/A N/A
29 May 1793 Covent Garden How To Grow Rich, The Lying Valet, Scotch Divertisement No Yes No £350 74% N/A
29 Jun 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Lying Valet, The Scotch Ghost No No No £395 8s 6d 100% N/A
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