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 %
02 May 1794 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Naples Bay or The British Seamen at Anchor, The Follies Of A Day, Medley Hornpipe, Black Eyed Susan No No Yes £396 12s 6d 22% N/A
09 May 1794 Covent Garden Hartford Bridge, The Follies Of A Day, Love And Honor or Britannia in Full Glory at Spithead, The Prisoner At Large, The Lucky Escape, Evening Water Parted From the Sea, Sally in Our Alley No No Yes £272 19s 19% N/A
05 Jun 1794 Covent Garden The Widow Of Malabar, The Follies Of A Day, The Farmer No No Yes £255 16s 18% N/A
03 Oct 1794 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The Follies of a Day No No No £201 5s 100% N/A
22 Apr 1795 Covent Garden The Jealous Wife, The British Recruit, The Follies of a Day, The Mid Watch, Tho' Hurricanes rattle, tho' Tempests appear No No Yes £335 2s 6d 49% N/A
06 Jun 1795 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, The Irish Widow, A Masque In Honor of the Nuptials of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with Caroline Princess of Brunswick on 8 April 1795, The Poor Soldier, Grand Dance, The Richmond Primrose Girl No No Yes £204 5s 57% N/A
04 Dec 1795 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Follies of a Day, Hornpipe No No No £139 15s 37% N/A
12 Apr 1796 Covent Garden The Travellers In Switzerland, The Follies of a Day, Arrived at Portsmouth, The Savoyard, The Sea Storm, Here We Laugh and Work Together, O Why to be Happy, Old Towler, Rule Britannia, The Seaman Who of Wars May Tell, We've Bade the Restless Seas Adieu, When Love was a Stranger, With Pride We Steer'd for England's Coast, With Rosabel What Joy to Stray No No Yes £485 12s 51% N/A
19 Apr 1796 Covent Garden A New Way To Pay Old Debts, British Fortitude and Hibernian Friendship, The Follies of a Day, I was Called Knowing Joey, At Dawn Of Life Our Vows Were Plighted, Our Simple Tale Thus Ended, The Land of Potatoes, The Turbaned Turk Who Scorns The World, When Foaming Waves Contrary Beat No No Yes £214 14s 36% N/A
12 May 1796 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £466 11s 6d 70% N/A
20 May 1796 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Follies of a Day, Dirge No No Yes £155 9s N/A N/A
30 May 1796 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Follies of a Day, The Purse, Ally Croker, Listen to the Voice of Love No No Yes £142 15s 6d N/A N/A
02 Jun 1796 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £157 18s N/A N/A
17 Oct 1796 Covent Garden The Woodman, The Follies of a Day, Hope Thou Cheerful Ray of Light No No No £189 5s 39% N/A
23 Nov 1796 Covent Garden Abroad And At Home, The Follies of a Day No No No £165 14s 41% N/A
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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