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 %
14 Feb 1756 Drury Lane Hamlet, Lethe, New Comic Dance No No Yes £212 N/A N/A
27 Mar 1756 Drury Lane The Lady's Last Stake Or The Wifes Resentment, Lethe, New Sailors' Dance No No Yes £210 N/A N/A
22 Apr 1756 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Lethe with Mr Garricks new Scene, New Sailors' Dance, Minuet, The Garlands No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
30 Apr 1756 Drury Lane The Lady's Last Stake, Lethe with Mr Garricks new Scene, Hornpipe No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
05 May 1756 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift, Lethe, The Louvre, Hooly and Fairly, Minuet Yes No Yes £220 N/A N/A
07 May 1756 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Lethe, Hornpipe No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
12 May 1756 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, Lethe, Dance of the Millers No Yes No £180 N/A N/A
21 May 1756 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, Lethe, Last New Comic Dance, The Indian Peasants No No No £130 N/A N/A
24 May 1756 Drury Lane Love For Love, Lethe, The New Comic Dance, The Indian Peasants No No Yes £89 N/A N/A
28 May 1756 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Lethe Yes No No £180 100% N/A
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