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
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