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 %
16 Sep 1755 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Lying Valet No No No £50 100% N/A
03 Nov 1755 Covent Garden Zara, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1755 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Lying Valet, Lilliputian Sailors No No No £170 N/A N/A
18 Nov 1755 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Dec 1755 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lying Valet No No No £210 N/A N/A
15 Dec 1755 Covent Garden Zara, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1755 Covent Garden Theodosius, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1756 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Feb 1756 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lying Valet Yes No No £210 N/A N/A
14 Feb 1756 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1756 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Lying Valet, Fingalian Dance, Italian Peasants, Louvre, Minuet, Villagers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1756 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lying Valet, The Indian Peasants Yes No No £190 N/A N/A
06 Oct 1756 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1757 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1757 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Lying Valet No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
07 May 1757 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Lying Valet, Sing All Ye Muses, Hornpipe, New Comic Dances Yes No Yes £130 N/A N/A
23 May 1757 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Lying Valet, The Drunken Peasant, Hornpipe No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
13 Sep 1757 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lying Valet No No No £90 100% N/A
08 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Twin Rivals, The Lying Valet, Jovial Coopers No No No £29 19s 6d 20% N/A
29 Apr 1758 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, The Lying Valet No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
02 May 1758 Covent Garden The Double Gallant, The Lying Valet, Drunken Peasant, Comic Ballet No No Yes £197 19s N/A N/A
25 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Lying Valet, The Threshers No No No £74 16s 6d 26% N/A
29 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Threshers No No No £160 10s 6d 51% N/A
31 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe No No No £112 16s 6d 36% N/A
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