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 %
30 May 1798 Drury Lane The Italian Monk, The Follies of a Day, Blue Beard No No Yes £437 10s 6d 79% N/A
01 Jun 1798 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Sylvester Daggerwood, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £104 2s 6d N/A N/A
01 Oct 1798 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Follies of a Day No No No £246 14s 100% N/A
16 Nov 1798 Covent Garden Ramah Droog, The Follies of a Day No No No £252 9s 59% N/A
23 Apr 1799 Covent Garden The Iron Chest, The Follies of a Day, The Highland Lovers, Sally in Our Alley No No Yes £334 3s 6d 38% N/A
11 Jan 1800 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Follies of a Day, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £278 10s 6d 56% N/A
31 Jan 1800 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Follies of a Day No No No £549 15s 6d 68% N/A
15 May 1800 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Follies of a Day, St. David's Day, Time Has Not Thined My Flowing Hair, Imitations, Fat Dolly The Cook, The Advantage of Toping, The Anchor Smiths, This Life is Like a Country Dance No No Yes £375 15s 16% N/A
24 May 1800 Drury Lane Indiscretion, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £189 16s 50% N/A
17 Jun 1800 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Follies of a Day, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms, Crazy Jane No No Yes £70 5s 6d N/A N/A
10 Dec 1800 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Follies of a Day No No No £136 2s 22% N/A
19 May 1801 Covent Garden The Earl of Essex; or, The Unhappy Favourite, The Follies of a Day, The Soldier's Festival; or, A Night before the Battle No No Yes £311 18s 6d 37% N/A
27 May 1801 Drury Lane The Pirates, Doctor Last's Examination before the College of Physicians, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £438 14s 6d 56% N/A
30 Oct 1801 Drury Lane Follies of a Day, The Children in the Wood, Blue Beard; or, Female Curiosity No No No £116 2s 32% N/A
16 Dec 1801 Covent Garden Chains of the Heart; or, The Slave by Choice, The Follies of a Day No No No £227 1s 62% N/A
22 Feb 1802 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £514 9s 6d 52% N/A
26 Feb 1802 Drury Lane The Castle-Spectre, The Follies of a Day No No No £181 4s 6d 39% N/A
23 Jun 1802 Covent Garden Speed the Plow, The Follies of a Day, The Waterman No No Yes £394 12s N/A N/A
18 Apr 1803 Covent Garden Abroad and at Home, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £571 3s 6d 40% N/A
04 Feb 1804 Covent Garden The Cabinet, The Follies of a Day No No No £247 13s 49% N/A
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
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