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 %
12 Oct 1804 Covent Garden Every man in his Humour, The Follies of a Day No No No £226 19s 6d 100% N/A
06 Dec 1804 Covent Garden Lovers' Vows, The Follies of a Day No No No £528 9s 6d 75% N/A
06 Dec 1805 Covent Garden The Wheel of Fortune, The Wild Islanders; or, The Court of Pekin, The Follies of a Day No No No £139 17s 29% N/A
21 Apr 1806 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Follies of a Day No No No £328 10s 51% N/A
28 Oct 1806 Covent Garden Love in a Village, Follies of a Day No No No £276 11s 64% N/A
24 Nov 1807 Covent Garden Two Faces Under a Hood, The Follies of a Day No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1808 Covent Garden The Wheel of Fortune, The Follies of A Day No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1808 Covent Garden The Exile, Follies of a Day No No No £245 1s 49% N/A
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