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 %
11 Nov 1746 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Lying Valet No No No £174 12s 6d 71% N/A
12 Nov 1746 Drury Lane Merchant Of Venice, The Lying Valet No No No £17 11% N/A
25 Nov 1746 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Lying Valet No No No £30 15% N/A
27 Jan 1747 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Lying Valet No No No £50 21% N/A
04 Feb 1747 Drury Lane Othello, The Lying Valet Yes No No £84 N/A N/A
26 Mar 1747 Covent Garden Comus, The Lying Valet No No Yes £197 4s N/A N/A
31 Mar 1747 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet No No Yes £135 N/A N/A
07 Apr 1747 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Lying Valet Yes No Yes £139 15s 6d 76% N/A
22 Apr 1747 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, Turkish Pirate, Laundress's Visiting Day Yes No Yes £137 3s N/A N/A
29 Apr 1747 Covent Garden Comus, The Lying Valet Yes No Yes £74 9s N/A N/A
11 May 1747 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet No No Yes £70 N/A N/A
15 May 1747 Drury Lane The Committee, The Lying Valet No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
20 May 1747 Covent Garden The Lady's Last Stake Or The Wifes Resentment, The Lying Valet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1747 Drury Lane The Refusal, The Lying Valet Yes No No £101 10s 100% N/A
26 Nov 1747 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Lying Valet, The Gardners Revels, Polish Dance No No No £86 14s 100% N/A
02 Jan 1748 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Lying Valet No No No £191 1s N/A N/A
26 Jan 1748 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, Savoyards, Dutch Dance Yes No No £107 3s 6d N/A N/A
02 Feb 1748 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Lying Valet No No No £174 4s 6d N/A N/A
08 Feb 1748 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Lying Valet No No No £190 11s 6d N/A N/A
01 Mar 1748 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lying Valet No No No £193 16s 100% N/A
07 Mar 1748 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Lying Valet No No Yes £250 N/A N/A
26 Mar 1748 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Lying Valet, Polish Dance, Dutch Dance, Minuet, Pastoral Dance, The Louvre No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
28 Mar 1748 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet Yes No Yes £240 N/A N/A
25 Apr 1748 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Lying Valet, Savoyards, Pastoral Dance Yes No Yes £210 N/A N/A
11 May 1748 Drury Lane The Foundling, The Lying Valet, Tambourine, Comic Dance, Dutch Dance Yes No No £139 7s 6d 100% N/A
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