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 %
24 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Minor, Lethe, The Enchanted Peasant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1761 Covent Garden Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discoverd, Lethe, The Hungarian Gambols or a Provincial Rendevous No No No £104 19s 6d N/A N/A
04 Apr 1761 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Lethe, New Pantomime Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1761 Covent Garden Jane Shore, Lethe, Les Charboniers No No Yes £166 14s N/A N/A
17 Apr 1761 Covent Garden Wit Without Money, Lethe, The Waggoners No No Yes £202 6d N/A N/A
30 Apr 1761 Drury Lane Othello, Lethe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1761 Covent Garden The Miser, Lethe, Last New Comic Dance No No Yes £215 13s N/A N/A
03 Oct 1761 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, Lethe, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £86 15s 6d N/A N/A
11 Nov 1761 Covent Garden Comus, Lethe No No No £131 13s 6d N/A N/A
14 Dec 1761 Drury Lane Hecuba, Lethe, New Dutch Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A