The Guardian (1759)

Author
David Garrick
Work Type
Afterpiece
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
£9,598 7s £3,911 10s 6d (40.8%) £5,686 16s 6d (59.2%)
1732 - 1809
£9,598 7s - (100%) £3,911 10s 6d (40.8%) £5,686 16s 6d (59.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
68 23 45
1732 - 1809
68 23 45
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
03 Feb 1759 Drury Lane Merope, The Guardian No No Yes £285 N/A N/A
06 Feb 1759 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Guardian, The Italian Peasants No No No £186 4s 63% N/A
07 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Guardian, Italian Peasants No No No £174 14s 6d 53% N/A
08 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Ambitious Stepmother, The Guardian No No No £194 19s 6d 75% N/A
09 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Ambitious Stepmother, The Guardian No No No £178 2s 70% N/A
10 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Ambitious Stepmother, The Guardian No Yes No £186 56% N/A
15 Feb 1759 Drury Lane Creusa, The Guardian No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
17 Feb 1759 Drury Lane Creusa, The Guardian No No No £188 5s 76% N/A
19 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Ambitious Stepmother, The Guardian No No No £179 14s 6d 66% N/A
21 Feb 1759 Drury Lane Aesop, The Guardian, The Swiss Yes No No £168 12s 70% N/A
23 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Guardian Yes No No £168 19s 65% N/A
27 Feb 1759 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Guardian No No No £191 9s 6d 66% N/A
10 Mar 1759 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Guardian No No No £151 10s 39% N/A
18 Apr 1759 Drury Lane Comus, The Guardian No No Yes £260 N/A N/A
24 Apr 1759 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Guardian, Johnny and Kate No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
26 Apr 1759 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Guardian, The Swiss Yes No Yes £180 N/A N/A
31 May 1759 Drury Lane Zara, The Guardian No No No £150 100% N/A
30 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Guardian, The Shepherds Holiday No No No £160 44% N/A
09 Apr 1760 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Guardian, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1760 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Guardian No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1760 Drury Lane The Minor, The Guardian, The Cow Keepers Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Guardian No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1761 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Guardian No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1761 Drury Lane Barbarossa, The Guardian, The Coronation No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1763 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Guardian Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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