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 %
28 Sep 1773 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Elopement, The Sailors' Revels No No No £174 1s 100% N/A
27 Nov 1773 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Genii, The Sailors' Revels No No No £142 17s 6d 43% N/A
07 Feb 1774 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Sylphs No No No £158 11s 44% N/A
26 Apr 1774 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Cross Purposes, The Frolick, The Storm Yes No Yes £271 17s 56% N/A
14 May 1774 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Commissary, Minuet, Hornpipe No No Yes £198 2s 54% N/A
20 Sep 1774 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Meeting of the Company, The Note of Hand, The Sailors' Revels Yes No No £152 6s 100% N/A
23 Sep 1774 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Sylphs or Harlequins Gambols No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1774 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Romance of an Hour, New Spanish Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Jan 1775 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1775 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Cross Purposes, The Country Macaroni Assembly, Boadicea Queen of Britain, Minuet, The British Bacchanalian, or The Hop Pickers, The Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 May 1775 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Cross Purposes, The Pilgrim No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1775 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Deuce Is in Him, The Pilgrim No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Dec 1776 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Bankrupt, The Irish Lilt No No No £146 14s 6d 37% N/A
22 May 1777 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Cross Purposes, The Serenade No No Yes £329 17s 16% N/A
26 Feb 1778 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Mother Shipton No No No £172 1s 39% N/A
12 May 1778 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Mother Shipton, The Shepherd's Wedding No No Yes £165 6s 6d 62% N/A
27 Oct 1778 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Norwood Gypsies No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1779 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Touchstone No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Oct 1779 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Touchstone No No No £118 11s 52% N/A
27 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Critic No No No £146 16s 72% N/A
16 Dec 1779 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Wonders of Derbyshire No No No £133 5s 6d 50% N/A
07 Oct 1780 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, Queen Mab, The Butterfly No No No £179 12s 100% N/A
18 Oct 1780 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, Who's the Dupe?, The Force of Love, Minuet de la Cour No No No £115 17s 38% N/A
23 Dec 1780 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Camp, Minuet de la Cour No No No £95 1s 49% N/A
13 Jan 1781 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £242 11s N/A N/A
17 Feb 1781 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £170 9s 48% N/A
06 Mar 1781 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, Robinson Crusoe, The Butterfly No No No £136 3s 42% N/A
26 May 1781 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, All the World's a Stage, Hornpipe, The Devonshire Minuet No No Yes £305 19s 48% N/A
21 Sep 1781 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Three Weeks after Marriage, The Merry Sailors No No No £149 6s 6d 100% N/A
20 Oct 1781 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £124 19s 6d 47% N/A
20 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Divorce, The Frenchman in the Dairy No No No £128 13s 6d N/A N/A
06 Feb 1782 Covent Garden Maid Of The Mill, Choice of Harlequin No No No £195 12s 49% N/A
16 May 1782 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Irish Widow, Hornpipe, Minuet, The Irish Fair No No Yes £231 17s 6d 27% N/A
25 Sep 1782 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Retaliation, The Belle of the Village No No No £271 10s 6d 100% N/A
02 Oct 1782 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Commissary, The Belle of the Village No Yes No £340 19s 6d 100% N/A
25 Oct 1782 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, St Patrick's Day No No No £148 4s 6d 46% N/A
26 Oct 1782 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Lyar, Devonshire Minuet No No No £113 15s 38% N/A
31 Oct 1782 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Irish Widow, Devonshire Minuet, The Irish Fair No No No £75 8s 6d 34% N/A
18 Jan 1783 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Triumph of Mirth, Minuet de la Cour No No No £140 12s 37% N/A
27 Feb 1783 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Divorce, The Irish Fair No No No £91 11s N/A N/A
31 Mar 1783 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Adventures of A Night, The Minuet de la Cour No No No £149 12s 6d 53% N/A
22 Apr 1783 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Quaker, The Minuet de la Cour, Gramachree Molly, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms No No Yes £225 6d 39% N/A
31 May 1783 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, Belphegor, The Devonshire Minuet, Hornpipe No No Yes £150 10s 56% N/A
18 Sep 1783 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Lyar, The Pastoral Lovers No No No £151 19s 6d 100% N/A
24 Oct 1783 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Rival Knights, Tristram Shandy No No No £128 2s 35% N/A
05 Feb 1784 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, Harlequin Junior No No No £103 9s 6d 36% N/A
08 Apr 1785 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Double Disguise, Hornpipe, The Lark, The Sportsmen's Return No No Yes £243 1s N/A N/A
27 May 1785 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Deuce is in Him, The Sportsmen's Return No No Yes £258 7s N/A N/A
11 Oct 1785 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Caldron No No No £155 14s 100% N/A
14 Nov 1785 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Caldron, The Provencalle No No No £106 6s 25% N/A
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