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 %
14 Apr 1777 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, True Blue, The Country Mad Cap No No Yes £224 6d 51% N/A
17 Apr 1777 Covent Garden The Countess Of Salisbury, The Country Mad Cap, The Villagers No No No £131 12s 6d 68% N/A
25 Apr 1777 Covent Garden She Stoops To Conquer, The Country Mad Cap, New Comic Dance, The Humours of Leixlip; or, A Jaunt to the Salmon-Leap, The Coopers, All in the Downs; or, Farewell to Deal No No Yes £189 9s 74% N/A
14 May 1777 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Country Mad Cap, Hunting Dance No No Yes £161 15s 6d 15% N/A
22 May 1778 Covent Garden She Stoops To Conquer, The Country Mad Cap, The Arts and Sciences, Assault, Minuet, Prince of Wales's New Court Minuet No No Yes £286 6s 6d 35% N/A
17 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex Or The Unhappy Favourite, The Country Mad Cap, The Poney Races, The Gala No No Yes £175 3s 6d 56% N/A
19 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Wife's Relief, The Country Mad Cap, The Belle of the Village, Auld Robin Grey No No Yes £221 9s 6d 49% N/A
25 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Walloons, The Country Mad Cap, The Double Surprise No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1782 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The Country Mad cap No No No £217 4s 6d 48% N/A
15 Nov 1782 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The Country Mad Cap No No No £169 19s 6d N/A N/A
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