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 %
20 Nov 1740 Covent Garden Cato, Nancy, Comic Ballet, Wooden Shoe No Yes Yes £347 1s N/A N/A
27 Apr 1741 Drury Lane Cato, The Mock Doctor, Shepherds and Shepherdesses, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, Grand Ballet, La Tambourine, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Dec 1741 Drury Lane Cato, Harlequin Shipwrecked, Happy Pair, Tambourine, Les Matelotes, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamund No No No £40 N/A N/A
04 Mar 1742 Drury Lane Cato, Le Genereux Corsaire, See from the Silent Groves, Les Satires Puny, New Grand Ballet, The Italian Peasants No No No £110 N/A N/A
25 Mar 1742 Covent Garden Cato, The Dragon of Wantley, The Peasants, Chacone, Rigadone Provencale No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1742 Drury Lane Cato, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Happy Pair, Running Footman's Dance, Bumper Squire Jones, Hornpipe No Yes Yes £80 N/A N/A
18 Oct 1742 Covent Garden Cato, Old Man Taught Wisdom, The Je ne scais quoy, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1742 Covent Garden Cato, La Provencale, Characters of Dancing, Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1743 Drury Lane Cato, The Dragon of Wantley No No No £54 7s N/A N/A
12 Feb 1743 Covent Garden Cato, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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