The Country Madcap in London (1770)

Author
Henry Fielding
Composer
Thomas Augustine Arne
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£2,864 16s 6d £2,864 16s 6d (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£2,864 16s 6d - (100%) £2,864 16s 6d (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
34 33 1
1732 - 1809
34 33 1
Notes
Taken from Fielding's 'Miss Lucy in Town' (1742).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
11 Nov 1772 Covent Garden King Henry VIII, The Country Madcap No No No £215 10s 46% N/A
20 Apr 1773 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Country Madcap No No Yes £198 13s 6d 49% N/A
24 May 1773 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Country Madcap, Hornpipe No No Yes £179 9s 59% N/A
26 Mar 1774 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Country Madcap, True Blue or The Press Gang No No Yes £218 14s 6d 61% N/A
05 Apr 1774 Covent Garden Love For Love, The Country Madcap, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £216 16s 6d 61% N/A
29 Apr 1774 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Country Madcap, Mad Tom, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £119 11s 6d 48% N/A
01 Dec 1774 Covent Garden The Grecian Daughter, The Country Madcap, The Portraits A la Mode No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1775 Covent Garden As You Like It, The Country Madcap, Comic Dance, The Shady Blest Retreat Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1775 Covent Garden She Stoops To Conquer, The Country Madcap, Kate of Aberdeen, The Pilgrim Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1776 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The Country Mad Cap, The Humours of the NewMarket Races No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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