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
£30,958 18s 3d £8,344 19s 3d (27%) £22,613 19s (73%)
1732 - 1809
£30,958 18s 3d - (100%) £8,344 19s 3d (27%) £22,613 19s (73%)
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 %
08 Nov 1750 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lying Valet No No No £180 N/A N/A
23 Nov 1750 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Lying Valet Yes No No £80 N/A N/A
03 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Lying Valet No No No £180 N/A N/A
02 May 1751 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Lying Valet No No Yes £214 N/A N/A
09 May 1751 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
14 May 1751 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance No No Yes £60 N/A N/A
07 Sep 1751 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet No No No £130 100% N/A
13 Sep 1751 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion, The Lying Valet No No No £80 100% N/A
09 Nov 1751 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Lying Valet No No No £160 N/A N/A
16 Dec 1751 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Lying Valet Yes No No £170 N/A N/A
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