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 %
04 Apr 1758 Covent Garden Othello, Lethe, Sicilian Peasants, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £137 2s 6d 32% N/A
12 Apr 1758 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, Lethe, Sicilian Peasants, Judgment of Paris, Minuet, She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not Yes No Yes £113 9s 35% N/A
27 Apr 1758 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, Lethe, The Provincial Sailors No No Yes £196 12s 6d N/A N/A
03 May 1758 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, Comic Ballet No No Yes £255 14s N/A N/A
23 May 1758 Drury Lane The Fatal Marriage, Lethe, The Italian Peasants No No No £120 100% N/A
01 Jun 1758 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, The Prussian Sailors, The Faggot Binders No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
29 Sep 1758 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Lethe No No No £90 18s 100% N/A
11 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Lethe, Country Dance, Hornpipe Yes No No £96 18s 6d 100% N/A
01 Nov 1758 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Lethe No No No £78 13s 39% N/A
08 Nov 1758 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No No £188 6d 72% N/A
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