The Village Fete (1797)

Author
Richard Cumberland
Composer
William Shield
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Interlude
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
£381 11s 6d £381 11s 6d (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£381 11s 6d - (100%) £381 11s 6d (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
3 3 0
1732 - 1809
3 3 0
Notes
Written in honour of the royal wedding (Charlotte, Princess Royal to Frederik, Prince of Württemberg)
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
18 May 1797 Covent Garden Wives As They Were And Maids As They Are, The Village Fete, Peeping Tom No No Yes £254 9s 6d 41% N/A
19 May 1797 Covent Garden The Jew, The Honest Thieves, The Village Fete, Wigs (including His Own Wig, Doctor's Wig, Coachman's Wig, &c.), The Storm No No Yes £221 9s 6d 44% N/A
22 May 1797 Covent Garden The Village Fete, The School for Wives, Oscar and Malvina, The Sea Storm, Imitations, Black Ey'd Susan, Cease Rude Boreas Blust'ring Railer, Come Every Jovial Fellow, O Ever in My Bosom Live No No Yes £326 6d 30% N/A

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