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 Feb 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Country Dance Yes No No £150 11s N/A N/A
12 May 1760 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune, The Lying Valet, New Comic Dance, The Knife Grinders No No Yes £196 10s 6d N/A N/A
21 Oct 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, The Colliers, The Pedlar Tricked Yes No No £116 7s N/A N/A
17 Nov 1760 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Lying Valet, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £140 12s 6d N/A N/A
08 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, The Colliers No No No £218 9s N/A N/A
02 Apr 1761 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Lying Valet, Les Charboniers No No Yes £153 9s 6d N/A N/A
09 Apr 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe, Country Dance, The Waggoners No No Yes £81 8s N/A N/A
25 Apr 1761 Covent Garden Theodosius, The Lying Valet, The Waggoners No No Yes £151 13s 6d N/A N/A
04 May 1761 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Lying Valet, Last New Comic Dance, Tea ala Mode, The Cries of London No No Yes £250 14s 6d N/A N/A
25 Sep 1761 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Lying Valet No No No £89 8s N/A N/A
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