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 %
04 Oct 1799 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, The Maid of the Mill No No No £245 16s 100% N/A
06 Nov 1799 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, Katharine and Petruchio No No No £178 17s 26% N/A
04 Jun 1800 Covent Garden The School For Wives, The Maid of the Mill No No Yes £420 13s 24% N/A
31 Oct 1800 Covent Garden King Richard the Third, The Maid of the Mill No No No £196 5s 6d 60% N/A
26 Apr 1803 Covent Garden John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fire Side, The Maid of the Mill No No No £432 11s 64% N/A
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