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
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