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 %
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
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