Cato (1713)

Author
Joseph Addison
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
£4,672 6s 6d £2,768 11s (59.3%) £1,903 15s 6d (40.7%)
1732 - 1809
£4,672 6s 6d - (100%) £2,768 11s (59.3%) £1,903 15s 6d (40.7%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
115 55 60
1732 - 1809
115 55 60
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
28 Mar 1767 Covent Garden Cato, Thomas and Sally, The Female Archer No No Yes £198 16s 6d 49% N/A
30 Apr 1770 Covent Garden Cato, The Rape of Proserpine No No Yes £222 16s 6d N/A N/A
11 May 1772 Covent Garden Cato, The Cheats of Scapin, The Wapping Landlady, Sixfold Hornpipe No No Yes £150 8s 56% N/A
25 May 1772 Covent Garden Cato, The Englishman in Paris, Ailen Aroon, The Old Ground Young Yes No Yes £189 17s 6d 54% N/A
21 Oct 1775 Covent Garden Cato, The Weathercock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1775 Covent Garden Cato, Midas Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Feb 1776 Covent Garden Cato, The Sirens No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1779 Covent Garden Cato, The Touchstone No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1784 Drury Lane Cato, Tom Thumb, The Sportsmen's Return, Auld Robin Grey, Imitations No No Yes £207 1s 6d 53% N/A
15 Nov 1784 Drury Lane Cato, The Spanish Rivals No No No £85 16s 6d N/A N/A
31 May 1797 Covent Garden Cato, Cambro Britons or Fishguard in an Uproar, Animal Magnetism, Together Let Us Range the Fields, Britons Strike Home, Gallant Soldiers Born to Arms, Old England Will be England Still, To Arms No No Yes £314 3s 48% N/A
23 Dec 1802 Covent Garden Cato, A Tale of Mystery No No No £239 3s 57% N/A
30 Dec 1802 Covent Garden Cato, Harlequin's Habeas; or, the Hall of Spectres No No No £319 49% N/A
01 Feb 1809 Drury Lane Cato, The Mayor Of Garratt No No No £353 19s 59% N/A
06 Feb 1809 Drury Lane Cato, Blue Beard No No No £272 5s 59% N/A
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