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 %
16 Dec 1761 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant, Lethe, The Pedlar Tricked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Twins Or A Comedy Of Errors, Lethe, Let Not the Rage, The Taylors Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1762 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, Lethe, The Jealous Woodcutter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1762 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, Lethe, The Jealous Woodcutter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1762 Drury Lane King Henry IV Part II, Lethe No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1762 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, Lethe, The Jealous Woodcutter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1763 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, Lethe, The Catalonian Marriage No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1763 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Lethe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1763 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, Lethe, The Cudgelled Husband No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan Of China, Lethe, The Faggot Binders No No Yes £259 8s 6d N/A N/A
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