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 %
19 Sep 1764 Covent Garden Hamlet, Lethe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1765 Covent Garden Coriolanus, Lethe, Rural Love No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1765 Drury Lane The Orphan Of China, Lethe, The Irish Lilt, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1765 Covent Garden The Royal Convert, Lethe, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1765 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, Lethe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Jan 1766 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe, New Tambourine No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Jan 1766 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1766 Covent Garden Love In A Village, Lethe, Rural Love Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1766 Covent Garden Comus, Lethe, The Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1766 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No No £254 5s 6d 55% N/A
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