Oedipus (1679)

Author
John Dryden
Author
Nathaniel Lee
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragedy
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
£142 7s £142 7s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£142 7s - (100%) £142 7s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
16 12 4
1732 - 1809
16 12 4
Notes
Based on Sophocles' Oedipus.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
10 Nov 1735 Covent Garden Oedipus King Of Thebes No No No £45 3s 6d N/A N/A
11 Nov 1735 Covent Garden Oedipus King Of Thebes, Scots Dance, Two Pierrots No No No £41 14s N/A N/A
12 Dec 1735 Covent Garden Oedipus King Of Thebes, Two Pierrots, Comic Dance, Dance of Sailors, Peasant No No No £33 6d N/A N/A
02 Mar 1736 Covent Garden Oedipus King Of Thebes, French Peasants, Harlequin No No Yes £53 11s N/A N/A
01 Nov 1736 Covent Garden Oedipus King Of Thebes, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1737 Covent Garden Oedipus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1738 Covent Garden Oedipus King Of Thebes, The Dragon of Wantley, Grand Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1739 Covent Garden Oedipus King Of Thebes, Margery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1740 Covent Garden Oedipus King Of Thebes, Comic Ballet, The Parting Lovers, Miller and His Wife, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1740 Drury Lane Oedipus King Of Thebes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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