Measure for Measure (1604)

Author
William Shakespeare
Author
John Philip Kemble (1794)
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
£13,697 11s £3,258 16s (23.8%) £10,438 15s (76.2%)
1732 - 1809
£13,697 11s - (100%) £3,258 16s (23.8%) £10,438 15s (76.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
98 42 56
1732 - 1809
98 42 56
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
12 May 1770 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, Miss in Her Teens, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe Yes No Yes £178 7s 6d N/A N/A
12 Jan 1771 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Feb 1771 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1771 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, Harlequin Dr Faustus, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1771 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, The Commissary, Comic Dance No No No £192 3s 43% N/A
23 Oct 1771 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, Midas, The Jealous Woodcutters Yes No No £101 16s 44% N/A
19 Feb 1772 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, Harlequin Skeleton Yes No No £142 7s 6d 46% N/A
18 Mar 1775 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, Bon Ton or High Life Above Stairs No No Yes £291 2s 6d N/A N/A
20 Apr 1775 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, The Deserter, The Sailors' Revels, Henry and Emma No No Yes £203 12s N/A N/A
18 Nov 1775 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, May Day, The Savage Hunters Yes No No £133 12s 6d N/A N/A
10 Jan 1776 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, The Jubilee, The Merry Peasants No Yes No £288 5s N/A N/A
14 May 1776 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, The Rival Candidates, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £22 9s 6d N/A N/A
19 Oct 1776 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, A Christmas Tale No No No £208 16s 6d 100% N/A
08 Jan 1777 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, Comus, Nor on Beds of fading Flowers, Sweet Echo No No No £191 15s 6d 58% N/A
13 Nov 1777 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, The Elopement No No No £90 34% N/A
20 Oct 1778 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, The Camp No No No £226 18s 6d 100% N/A
11 Oct 1780 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, Tom Thumb, The Villagers No No No £131 10s 46% N/A
17 Jan 1781 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £195 43% N/A
05 Jan 1782 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £209 17s 59% N/A
07 Feb 1782 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £142 12s 47% N/A
12 Dec 1782 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £111 1s 31% N/A
03 Nov 1783 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, The Apprentice No No No £281 2s 6d 63% N/A
05 Nov 1783 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, The Triumph of Mirth No Yes No £291 16s 58% N/A
07 Nov 1783 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, The Quaker No No No £212 4s 57% N/A
11 Nov 1783 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, Who's the Dupe No No No £218 9s 6d 55% N/A
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