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 %
29 Jan 1752 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Lying Valet No No No £110 N/A N/A
06 Feb 1752 Drury Lane Lady Jane Gray, The Lying Valet, Grand Provencalle Dance No No No £100 N/A N/A
29 Feb 1752 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Lying Valet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1752 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Lying Valet, Les Characters de la Danse, Chacone in Italian Characters, Hornpipe, Minuet, Tambourine, The Louvre No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
30 Apr 1752 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
04 May 1752 Drury Lane The Relapse, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe, Comic Dance No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
21 Sep 1752 Drury Lane The Revenge, The Lying Valet No No No £100 100% N/A
20 Oct 1752 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Lying Valet No No No £170 N/A N/A
28 Nov 1752 Drury Lane Comus, The Lying Valet No No No £70 N/A N/A
08 Sep 1753 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet No No No £150 100% N/A
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