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 %
20 Sep 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Follies of a Day, Hornpipe No No No £151 5s 6d 100% N/A
09 Nov 1791 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, The Follies of a Day, Negro Dance, The Irish Lilt No No No £252 7s 6d 53% N/A
11 Nov 1791 Drury Lane The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, The Follies of a Day No No No £169 10s 6d 43% N/A
15 Nov 1791 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Follies of a Day No No No £237 2s 6d 55% N/A
19 Nov 1791 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Follies of a Day, Ah! could Mandane yield her breath for thee! No No No £463 18s 65% N/A
04 Feb 1792 Covent Garden The Magician No Conjurer, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £224 15s N/A N/A
25 Apr 1792 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, The Follies of a Day, Negro Dance, Charmante Petite Fille, Divertisement, Sweet Bird No No Yes £334 4s 6d 38% N/A
26 Apr 1792 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £364 8s 6d 48% N/A
27 Oct 1792 Covent Garden Just In Time, The Follies of a Day No No No £274 15s 54% N/A
13 Nov 1792 Covent Garden Just In Time, The Follies of a Day No No No £197 12s 6d 51% N/A
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