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 %
26 Nov 1743 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Lying Valet, Bumper Squire Jones, Italian Masquerade No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Nov 1743 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1743 Drury Lane The Relapse, The Lying Valet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1743 Drury Lane Love The Cause And Cure Of Grief Or The Innocent Murderer, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Jan 1744 Drury Lane Aesop, The Lying Valet, Italian Masquerade, New Serious Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Mar 1744 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Lying Valet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Mar 1744 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, To Arms Britons Strike Home, Scotch Dance No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1744 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Lying Valet, New Comic Dance, New Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1744 Drury Lane The Fatal Marriage Or The Innocent Adultery, The Lying Valet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1744 Drury Lane Regulus, The Lying Valet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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