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 %
17 May 1748 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Lying Valet, Savoyards, Dutch Dance, Tambourine Yes No No £83 12s 100% N/A
18 May 1748 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance, Pastoral Dance No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
13 Sep 1748 Drury Lane The Relapse Or Virtue In Danger, The Lying Valet No No No £95 13s 100% N/A
23 Sep 1748 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1748 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Lying Valet Yes No No £100 17s 6d N/A N/A
10 Nov 1748 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Lying Valet, Savoyards Yes No No £109 4s 6d N/A N/A
17 Nov 1748 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Lying Valet, L'Entree de Flore No No No £133 4s 6d 100% N/A
24 Nov 1748 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Lying Valet, Italian Cabaret No No No £127 17s 6d N/A N/A
02 Dec 1748 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Lying Valet No No No £113 11s N/A N/A
22 Dec 1748 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Lying Valet No No No £126 1s 6d N/A N/A
31 Dec 1748 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lying Valet No No No £151 6s N/A N/A
21 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Foundling, The Lying Valet, New Scotch Dance Yes No No £145 3s N/A N/A
02 Feb 1749 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Lying Valet, New Scotch Dance Yes No No £116 15s N/A N/A
18 Feb 1749 Drury Lane Mahomet And Irene, The Lying Valet, Scotch Dance Yes No No £101 N/A N/A
14 Mar 1749 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Lying Valet, L'Entree de Flore, Harlequin Dance, Louvre, Minuet, Scotch Dance No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
03 Apr 1749 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The Lying Valet, The Drunken Peasant Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1749 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lying Valet No No No £168 18s 6d N/A N/A
24 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1749 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Lying Valet No No No £40 100% N/A
12 Oct 1749 Drury Lane Comus, The Lying Valet Yes No No £60 28% N/A
21 Oct 1749 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Lying Valet No No No £160 100% N/A
06 Nov 1749 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Lying Valet No No No £115 3s 49% N/A
02 Jan 1750 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Lying Valet Yes No No £99 6s 47% N/A
25 Jan 1750 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lying Valet Yes No No £164 6s 6d 77% N/A
02 Feb 1750 Drury Lane Merope, The Lying Valet, Swedish Gardeners No No No £141 15s 65% N/A
06 Feb 1750 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, Swedish Gardeners, Savoyard Travellers No No No £111 3s 6d 56% N/A
21 Feb 1750 Drury Lane The Miser, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance No No Yes £94 6d 29% N/A
30 Apr 1750 Drury Lane The Funeral, The Lying Valet, Highland Lad, Black Joke, Swedish Gardeners No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
15 Sep 1750 Drury Lane The Relapse Or Virtue In Danger, The Lying Valet No No No £100 100% N/A
15 Oct 1750 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe No No No £50 N/A N/A
08 Nov 1750 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lying Valet No No No £180 N/A N/A
23 Nov 1750 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Lying Valet Yes No No £80 N/A N/A
03 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Lying Valet No No No £180 N/A N/A
02 May 1751 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Lying Valet No No Yes £214 N/A N/A
09 May 1751 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
14 May 1751 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance No No Yes £60 N/A N/A
07 Sep 1751 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet No No No £130 100% N/A
13 Sep 1751 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion, The Lying Valet No No No £80 100% N/A
09 Nov 1751 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Lying Valet No No No £160 N/A N/A
16 Dec 1751 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Lying Valet Yes No No £170 N/A N/A
29 Jan 1752 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Lying Valet No No No £110 N/A N/A
06 Feb 1752 Drury Lane Lady Jane Gray, The Lying Valet, Grand Provencalle Dance No No No £100 N/A N/A
29 Feb 1752 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Lying Valet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1752 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Lying Valet, Les Characters de la Danse, Chacone in Italian Characters, Hornpipe, Minuet, Tambourine, The Louvre No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
30 Apr 1752 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
04 May 1752 Drury Lane The Relapse, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe, Comic Dance No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
21 Sep 1752 Drury Lane The Revenge, The Lying Valet No No No £100 100% N/A
20 Oct 1752 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Lying Valet No No No £170 N/A N/A
28 Nov 1752 Drury Lane Comus, The Lying Valet No No No £70 N/A N/A
08 Sep 1753 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet No No No £150 100% N/A
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