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 %
28 Jan 1767 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Lethe, The Female Archer Yes No No £204 2s 63% N/A
07 May 1767 Drury Lane The School For Lovers, Lethe, The Lilliputian Camp No Yes No £229 9s 6d 76% N/A
16 Oct 1767 Covent Garden Jane Shore, Lethe, The Merry Sailors, New Pantomime Dance No No No £189 12s 6d N/A N/A
23 Nov 1767 Drury Lane The School For Lovers, Lethe, The Gardners Holiday, Hearts of Oak No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1768 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Lethe, The Wake No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1768 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Lethe, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £192 N/A N/A
12 Apr 1769 Covent Garden King Lear, Lethe, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £244 12s 6d N/A N/A
24 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Wonder, Lethe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1770 Covent Garden Love In A Village, Lethe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1771 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, Lethe, True Blue No No No £136 1s 46% N/A
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