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 %
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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