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 %
18 Sep 1753 Drury Lane The Revenge, The Lying Valet No No No £70 100% N/A
04 Oct 1753 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Lying Valet No No No £190 100% N/A
05 Nov 1753 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Lying Valet, The Neopolitans, Dance in Demi-Characters, The Gipsey Tambourine No No No £70 N/A N/A
21 Dec 1753 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, New Dutch Dance, Gipsey Tambourine No No Yes £212 N/A N/A
15 Jan 1754 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Lying Valet Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
08 Feb 1754 Drury Lane King John, The Lying Valet No No No £150 N/A N/A
18 Mar 1754 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Lying Valet, Les Charboniers, Les Taileurs No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Mar 1754 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Lying Valet, Les Taileurs Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Mar 1754 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1754 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Lying Valet, Italian Peasants, Les Charboniers, Louvre, Minuet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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