Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades (1740)

Author
David Garrick
Work Type
Afterpiece
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
£27,105 17s 6d £4,269 3s 6d (15.7%) £22,836 14s (84.3%)
1732 - 1809
£27,105 17s 6d - (100%) £4,269 3s 6d (15.7%) £22,836 14s (84.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
229 71 158
1732 - 1809
229 71 158
Notes
'A Dramatic Satire'.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
15 Oct 1754 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Lethe, Shepherds Holiday No No No £80 N/A N/A
06 Nov 1754 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, Lethe, The Pandours, The Italian Fishermen No No No £180 N/A N/A
30 Nov 1754 Drury Lane Jane Shore, Lethe No No No £150 N/A N/A
29 Jan 1755 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Lethe No No No £190 N/A N/A
25 Feb 1755 Drury Lane Creusa, Lethe No No No £180 N/A N/A
18 Mar 1755 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Lethe No No Yes £280 N/A N/A
14 Apr 1755 Drury Lane Jane Shore, Lethe No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
16 Apr 1755 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, Lethe, Hooly and Fairly, Comic Dance Yes No Yes £80 N/A N/A
24 Oct 1755 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, New Comic Dance No No No £100 N/A N/A
05 Nov 1755 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, Lethe Yes No No £210 N/A N/A
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