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 %
19 Apr 1785 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, The Nunnery, The Belle of the Village No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1785 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 May 1785 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1785 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day Or The Marriage Of Figaro, Appearance is against Them No No No £176 3s 6d 61% N/A
28 Dec 1785 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, Omai No No No £254 15s 60% N/A
11 Jan 1786 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, Omai No No No £222 9s 52% N/A
01 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, The Virgin Unmasked, The Piping Pedlar No No No £163 17s 38% N/A
01 Apr 1786 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, The April Fool or The Follies of a Night, Sweet Echo No No Yes £273 4s 6d 48% N/A
10 May 1786 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, True Blue or The Parting Lovers, The Contrivances, The Tobacco Box No No Yes £271 2s 53% N/A
08 Nov 1787 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day Or The Marriage Of Figaro, The Farmer No No No £114 18s 6d 39% N/A
03 Jun 1788 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, Linco's Travels, Tom Thumb, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms, A Description of the Tombs in Westminster Abbey No No Yes £177 4s 6d 69% N/A
27 May 1789 Drury Lane The Follies Of A Day Or The Marriage Of Figaro, The Gentle Shepherd, Highland Reel No No Yes £234 13s 6d 39% N/A
07 Nov 1789 Drury Lane Marcella, The Follies of a Day No No No £120 10s 6d 37% N/A
11 Nov 1789 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Follies of a Day No No No £158 19s 39% N/A
19 Nov 1789 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind, The Follies of a Day No No No £100 18s 32% N/A
21 Nov 1789 Covent Garden Marian, The Follies of a Day, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £214 2s N/A N/A
24 Nov 1789 Covent Garden The Prophet, The Follies of a Day, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £195 11s 6d 47% N/A
28 Nov 1789 Covent Garden Robin Hood, The Follies of a Day, Thomas and Sally No No No £212 14s 6d 47% N/A
10 Dec 1789 Covent Garden Marian, The Follies of a Day, Hob in the Well, Tambourine Dance No No No £145 2s 6d 40% N/A
17 Dec 1789 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Follies of a Day No No No £168 18s 6d 49% N/A
06 Jan 1790 Covent Garden The Farmer, The Follies of a Day, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £173 18s 6d 56% N/A
25 Mar 1790 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Follies of a Day No No No £232 5s 6d 46% N/A
12 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The Farmer, The Follies of a Day, The Two Misers No No No £156 6d 51% N/A
24 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Follies of a Day, Barataria or Sancho Turnd Governor No No No £111 14s 37% N/A
30 Apr 1790 Drury Lane Tit For Tat, Arthur and Emmeline, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £237 7s 46% N/A
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