The Gentle Shepherd (1732)

Author
Cornelius Vandertop
Composer
A. A. Scots
Author
Allan Ramsay
Author
Theophilus Cibber
Composer
Thomas Linley Sr. (1781)
Author
Richard Tickell (1789)
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Pastoral
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£13,178 9s £119 7s (0.9%) £13,059 2s (99.1%)
1732 - 1809
£13,178 9s - (100%) £119 7s (0.9%) £13,059 2s (99.1%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
85 1 84
1732 - 1809
85 1 84
Notes
Thomas Linley wrote a new overture for this in 1781 while Richard Tickell's adaptation was first performed at Drury Lane in May 1789.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
22 Apr 1766 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Gentle Shepherd, Ralph Ramble, or O'Rare London, New Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1774 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Gentle Shepherd, Imitations, An Ode to Masonry, Judge Tycho's Sentence Yes No Yes £207 15s 61% N/A
29 Oct 1781 Drury Lane Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave, The Gentle Shepherd, Highland Reel No No No £202 9s 6d 66% N/A
30 Oct 1781 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £196 10s 62% N/A
31 Oct 1781 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £202 12s 55% N/A
01 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £210 7s 6d 65% N/A
02 Nov 1781 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £147 8s 6d 63% N/A
03 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Gentle Shepherd No No Yes £198 12s 6d N/A N/A
05 Nov 1781 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £159 13s 6d 55% N/A
06 Nov 1781 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £174 14s 6d N/A N/A
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