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 %
22 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, Jovial Coopers No No Yes £110 6s 35% N/A
02 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Lethe, Jovial Coopers No No Yes £190 10s 23% N/A
10 Dec 1757 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Lethe, The Market Yes No No £170 61% N/A
15 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Lethe, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £157 6s 28% N/A
22 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Lethe, The Jovial Coopers No No No £113 6s 6d 39% N/A
16 Jan 1758 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, The Italian Peasants No No No £89 8s 33% N/A
24 Jan 1758 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, Lethe, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £209 8s 52% N/A
11 Feb 1758 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Lethe, The Prussian Camp No No No £200 62% N/A
28 Feb 1758 Covent Garden Hamlet, Lethe, Sicilian Peasants No No No £140 17s 41% N/A
16 Mar 1758 Covent Garden Douglas, Lethe, Sicilian Peasants No No Yes £267 14s 6d N/A N/A
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