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 %
29 Sep 1746 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Lying Valet No No No £115 8s 100% N/A
08 Oct 1746 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Lying Valet No No No £49 8s 100% N/A
11 Oct 1746 Drury Lane Othello, The Lying Valet No No No £142 100% N/A
16 Oct 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet Yes No No £145 100% N/A
17 Oct 1746 Drury Lane Othello, The Lying Valet No Yes No £164 68% N/A
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
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