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 %
28 May 1759 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
19 Jun 1759 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, New Dutch Dance, Country Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Twin Rivals, The Lying Valet, The Threshers Yes No No £101 9s 100% N/A
10 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Hornpipe No No No £188 11s 6d 100% N/A
18 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Irish Turf-Cutters No No No £115 1s 6d 49% N/A
19 Oct 1759 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lying Valet No No No £200 58% N/A
01 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £143 12s 59% N/A
10 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £111 18s N/A N/A
20 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Hornpipe, New Comic Dance No No No £97 2s 35% N/A
25 Jan 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Country Dance Yes No No £147 1s 6d N/A N/A
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