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
£28,371 17s 3d £6,232 11s 3d (22%) £22,139 6s (78%)
1732 - 1809
£28,371 17s 3d - (100%) £6,232 11s 3d (22%) £22,139 6s (78%)
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 %
01 May 1745 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Lying Valet, Early Horn No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1745 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Lying Valet, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, The Lying Valet, Stand By My Brave Boys No No No £48 15s 6d N/A N/A
20 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, The Lying Valet No No No £37 10s N/A N/A
11 Jan 1746 Drury Lane The Miser, The Lying Valet No No No £58 16s 6d N/A N/A
25 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet Yes No No £58 16s N/A N/A
18 Mar 1746 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Lying Valet, Peasant, Song of Diana, Comic Ballet, Genius of England No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1746 Covent Garden Volpone, The Lying Valet, Peasant, Song of Diana, Les Allemandes No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1746 Drury Lane The Humours Of The Army, The Lying Valet Yes No Yes £19 9s N/A N/A
01 May 1746 Covent Garden King Henry V, The Lying Valet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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