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 %
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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