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 %
26 Mar 1747 Covent Garden Comus, The Lying Valet No No Yes £197 4s N/A N/A
31 Mar 1747 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet No No Yes £135 N/A N/A
07 Apr 1747 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Lying Valet Yes No Yes £139 15s 6d 76% N/A
22 Apr 1747 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, Turkish Pirate, Laundress's Visiting Day Yes No Yes £137 3s N/A N/A
29 Apr 1747 Covent Garden Comus, The Lying Valet Yes No Yes £74 9s N/A N/A
11 May 1747 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet No No Yes £70 N/A N/A
15 May 1747 Drury Lane The Committee, The Lying Valet No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
20 May 1747 Covent Garden The Lady's Last Stake Or The Wifes Resentment, The Lying Valet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1747 Drury Lane The Refusal, The Lying Valet Yes No No £101 10s 100% N/A
26 Nov 1747 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Lying Valet, The Gardners Revels, Polish Dance No No No £86 14s 100% N/A
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