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 %
30 Apr 1767 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Intriguing Chambermaid, The Sicilian Peasants Yes No No £114 7s N/A N/A
15 May 1767 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, A Duke and no Duke, New Tambourine, New Pantomime Ballet Yes No No £93 1s 6d N/A N/A
08 Oct 1767 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Apprentice, Pantomime Dance No No No £103 7s 6d N/A N/A
20 Oct 1767 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Royal Chace, New Pantomime Dance No No No £167 2s N/A N/A
19 Nov 1767 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Royal Chace, New Tambourine No No No £174 16s 6d N/A N/A
04 Dec 1767 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Harlequin Dr Faustus Yes No No £155 17s 6d N/A N/A
05 Jan 1768 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Citizen, New Pantomime Dance No No No £104 18s 6d N/A N/A
23 Jan 1768 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £211 14s 6d N/A N/A
08 Apr 1768 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Edgar and Emmeline, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £185 4s N/A N/A
27 Apr 1768 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, A Duke and no Duke, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £215 6d N/A N/A
24 May 1768 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Citizen, Hornpipe No No Yes £87 3s 6d N/A N/A
19 Sep 1768 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Old Maid No No No £210 9s 6d 100% N/A
18 Oct 1768 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £133 11s N/A N/A
07 Dec 1768 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £174 2s 6d N/A N/A
26 Jan 1769 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Apollo and Daphne No No No £198 7s 6d N/A N/A
07 Mar 1769 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £224 5s N/A N/A
31 Mar 1769 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, No Wit Like a Woman's, New Comic Dance, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, Harlequin's Invasion, The Wake Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Hermit or Harlequin at Rhodes, The Wake, Shakespeare's The Seven Ages Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1769 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Knights, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £194 9s 6d N/A N/A
15 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, High Life below Stairs, New Comic Dance, Bucks Have At Ye All Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, Fortunatus, New Comic Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1769 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Citizen No No No £165 9s 100% N/A
30 Oct 1769 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £148 14s 6d N/A N/A
28 Nov 1769 Covent Garden Maid Of The Mill, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £155 11s 6d N/A N/A
13 Jan 1770 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Rape of Proserpine Yes No No £214 5s 6d N/A N/A
09 Feb 1770 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Harlequin's Jubilee No No No £178 11s N/A N/A
03 Apr 1770 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Oxonian in Town, The Whim Yes No Yes £245 12s 6d N/A N/A
16 Apr 1770 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £157 5s 6d N/A N/A
02 May 1770 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Man and Wife, Dutch Dance No No Yes £123 6s 6d N/A N/A
25 Sep 1770 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, A Trip to Scotland No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1770 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Guardian, The Provenzales Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1770 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Oct 1770 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Jubilee, Comic Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Dec 1770 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Mother Shipton Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1771 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Mother Shipton Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1771 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1771 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, True Blue, The Upholsterer No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, High Life below Stairs, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1771 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Deuce Is in Him, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1771 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Elopement, Comic Dance No No No £140 2s 36% N/A
08 Nov 1771 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Upholsterer No No No £127 9s 34% N/A
28 Feb 1772 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Mother Shipton No No No £184 9s 6d 42% N/A
23 May 1772 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Minuet, Hornpipe No No Yes £241 15s 6d 23% N/A
06 Nov 1772 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, Harlequin's Invasion, Comic Dance No No No £156 2s 6d 41% N/A
13 Nov 1772 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Irish Widow, Comic Dance No No No £143 6s 51% N/A
01 Dec 1772 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, Harlequin's Invasion, The Sailors' Revels No No No £118 10s 44% N/A
22 Feb 1773 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Irish Widow, Comic Dance, The Irish Fair No No No £168 10s 46% N/A
13 Apr 1773 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Deuce Is in Him No No Yes £247 1s 6d 65% N/A
12 May 1773 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Harlequin Sorcerer, Minuet, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £179 14s 6d 61% N/A
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