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 %
16 May 1757 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Lethe, Dutch Peasant, Country Lass, Lamplighters No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1757 Covent Garden The Confederacy, Lethe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 May 1757 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, Lethe Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
25 May 1757 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Lethe, Dutch Peasant, Country Lass, Dutch Sailor, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 May 1757 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe Yes No No £180 100% N/A
21 Oct 1757 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Lethe, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £144 7s 32% N/A
02 Nov 1757 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No No £180 75% N/A
07 Nov 1757 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man The Fops Fortune, Lethe, The Jovial Coopers No No No £56 5s 6d 29% N/A
16 Nov 1757 Drury Lane The Tempest, Lethe No No No £130 71% N/A
16 Nov 1757 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, Lethe, Jovial Coopers No No No £51 18s 6d 29% N/A
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