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 %
11 Mar 1755 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lying Valet No No No £200 N/A N/A
04 Apr 1755 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Lying Valet, Comic Entertainment Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1755 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe No No Yes £90 N/A N/A
29 Apr 1755 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1755 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Sep 1755 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Lying Valet No No No £50 100% N/A
03 Nov 1755 Covent Garden Zara, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1755 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Lying Valet, Lilliputian Sailors No No No £170 N/A N/A
18 Nov 1755 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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