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 %
21 Sep 1799 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Lying Valet No No No £276 4s 6d 100% N/A
21 Dec 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Lying Valet No No No £378 13s 6d 100% N/A
07 Jan 1800 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Lying Valet No No No £456 4s 6d 69% N/A
07 Feb 1800 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Lying Valet No No No £409 16s 72% N/A
08 Mar 1800 Drury Lane Blue beard, The Lying Valet, Of Age To morrow No No No £188 7s 39% N/A
01 Dec 1801 Drury Lane The Will, The Lying Valet No No No £105 9s 21% N/A
06 Apr 1802 Drury Lane Love in a Village, The Lying Valet No No No £255 19s 44% N/A
11 Oct 1802 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Lying Valet No No No £273 14s 48% N/A
14 Oct 1802 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Lying Valet No No No £168 10s 6d 38% N/A
19 Apr 1803 Covent Garden John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fire Side, The Lying Valet No No No £405 18s 6d 66% N/A
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