Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades (1740)

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 %
25 Apr 1759 Covent Garden King Henry V, Lethe, La Mariee, Fingalian Dance, Minuet, The Threshers No No Yes £45 9s 6d N/A N/A
05 May 1759 Covent Garden Theodosius, Lethe, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £128 10s 6d 22% N/A
21 May 1759 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, Lethe, The Threshers No No Yes £155 4s 6d N/A N/A
03 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Lethe No No No £70 2s 100% N/A
25 Oct 1759 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Lethe, Italian Gardiner Yes No No £120 53% N/A
05 Dec 1759 Covent Garden Theodosius Or The Force Of Love, Lethe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £69 N/A N/A
12 Dec 1759 Covent Garden Zara, Lethe, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £163 15s 6d 21% N/A
27 Mar 1760 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe, The Cow Keepers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1760 Covent Garden Comus, Lethe, Nymphs and Shepherds Yes No Yes £268 N/A N/A
08 Apr 1760 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Lethe, Fingalian Dance, The Lamp Lighters Yes No Yes £218 9s N/A N/A