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 %
06 May 1762 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, The Pleasures of Spring No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1762 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1763 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Lying Valet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1764 Drury Lane Othello, The Lying Valet, The Faggot Binders Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1764 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Lying Valet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1764 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1764 Covent Garden The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, The Lying Valet, Blind Mans Buff, La Femme Maitresse No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1764 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Lying Valet, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Platonic Wife, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance, The Medley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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