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 %
20 Nov 1758 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Lethe, The Feast of Bacchus No No No £74 8s 6d 35% N/A
21 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, Lethe No No No £187 11s 6d 79% N/A
13 Dec 1758 Drury Lane Merope, Lethe No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
18 Dec 1758 Covent Garden Theodosius Or The Force Of Love, Lethe, The Fingalian Dance No No No £118 2s 6d N/A N/A
02 Jan 1759 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Lethe Yes No No £187 5s 6d 71% N/A
12 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Lethe, The Feast of Bacchus No No Yes £193 10s 6d 39% N/A
14 Feb 1759 Covent Garden The Committee, Lethe, The Threshers No No No £59 7s 6d 27% N/A
24 Feb 1759 Covent Garden Cleone, Lethe, The Threshers No No No £84 6s 6d 33% N/A
19 Mar 1759 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No Yes £213 N/A N/A
19 Apr 1759 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Lethe No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
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