The Maid of the Mill (1765)

Author
Isaac Bickerstaffe
Composer
Samuel Arnold
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£20,006 4d £14,384 2s 10d (71.9%) £5,621 17s 6d (28.1%)
1732 - 1809
£20,006 4d - (100%) £14,384 2s 10d (71.9%) £5,621 17s 6d (28.1%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
175 129 46
1732 - 1809
175 129 46
Notes
Reduced to two act and largely performed as an afterpiece from 1797.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
02 Jan 1795 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Mago and Dago No No No £164 15s 6d 42% N/A
14 Jan 1795 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Mago and Dago No Yes No £385 18s 6d 63% N/A
13 Jun 1795 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Two Strings to Your Bow No No Yes £409 10s 100% N/A
20 Oct 1797 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Maid of the Mill, Englands Glory, Triple Hornpipe No No No £259 17s 100% N/A
23 Oct 1797 Covent Garden Douglas, The Maid of the Mill, Englands Glory, Triple Hornpipe No No No £260 9s 54% N/A
26 Oct 1797 Covent Garden Douglas, The Maid of the Mill, Englands Glory No No No £203 15s 46% N/A
04 May 1798 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, The Maid of the Mill No No No £90 6s 29% N/A
11 May 1798 Covent Garden England Preservd, The Maid of the Mill, A Divertisement, Ballet No No No £59 6d 26% N/A
27 Sep 1798 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Agreeable Surprise No No No £259 6d 100% N/A
28 Sep 1798 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Maid of the Mill No No No £200 17s 6d 100% N/A
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