The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro (1784)

Author
Thomas Holcroft
Composer
William Shield
Author
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£24,062 19s 6d £16,180 2s 6d (67.2%) £7,882 17s (32.8%)
1732 - 1809
£24,062 19s 6d - (100%) £16,180 2s 6d (67.2%) £7,882 17s (32.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
128 95 33
1732 - 1809
128 95 33
Notes
Adapted from Beaumarchais' 'The Marriage of Figaro' (1784). Performed as an afterpiece from 1789.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
05 Dec 1796 Covent Garden Abroad And At Home, The Follies of a Day No No No £165 13s 6d 45% N/A
02 Feb 1797 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, The Follies of a Day, The Scotch Ghost No No No £237 14s 38% N/A
08 Feb 1797 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Follies of a Day No No No £191 2s 36% N/A
04 Mar 1797 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, The Follies of a Day No No No £127 17s 6d 30% N/A
04 Apr 1797 Drury Lane Isabella, The Follies of a Day, Epithalamium No No No £289 4s 54% N/A
23 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Tempest, Sylvester Daggerwood, The Follies of a Day, Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £154 3s 59% N/A
03 Jan 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Follies of a Day No No No £243 2s 47% N/A
19 Feb 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Follies of a Day No No No £374 2s 54% N/A
09 Apr 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Follies of a Day No No No £314 3s 6d 62% N/A
16 May 1798 Covent Garden The Deserted Daughter, Britons Roused, The Follies of a Day, Minuet No No Yes £184 8s 6d 26% N/A
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