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
£31,143 19s £7,312 12s 6d (23.5%) £23,831 6s 6d (76.5%)
1732 - 1809
£31,143 19s - (100%) £7,312 12s 6d (23.5%) £23,831 6s 6d (76.5%)
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 %
04 May 1785 Covent Garden Alexander The Great Or The Rival Queens, The Land of Enchantment, Lethe, Moderation and Alteration No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1789 Drury Lane The Law Of Lombardy, Lethe or A Esop in the Shades No No Yes £340 5s 6d 44% N/A
18 May 1803 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Lethe, Blue Beard Yes No Yes £382 10s 6d 52% N/A
06 Jun 1803 Drury Lane The Road to Ruin, If you wou'd, so wou'd not I, Lethe, Black Knights No No Yes £368 15s 56% N/A
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