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 %
18 Sep 1750 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, Lethe No No No £140 100% N/A
22 Sep 1750 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Lethe No No No £110 100% N/A
16 Oct 1750 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, Lethe No No No £120 N/A N/A
22 Oct 1750 Drury Lane The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, Lethe, New Running Footman's Dance, Hornpipe No No No £40 N/A N/A
13 Nov 1750 Drury Lane Macbeth, Lethe No No No £160 N/A N/A
15 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Lethe, Country Amusements, Running Footman's Dance No No No £80 N/A N/A
20 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Lethe, Country Amusements, Comic Dance, Pigmalion No No No £100 N/A N/A
24 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Tender Husband Or The Accomplished Fools, Lethe, Country Amusements, Comic Dance, Pigmalion No No No £120 N/A N/A
30 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Lethe, The Bird Catchers No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
05 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Lethe No No No £180 N/A N/A
07 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Lethe No No No £180 100% N/A
12 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Lethe No No No £160 N/A N/A
19 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Lethe, Comic Dance No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
14 Mar 1751 Drury Lane The Orphan, Lethe No No Yes £230 N/A N/A
12 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, Lethe No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
15 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Lethe No No Yes £212 N/A N/A
23 Apr 1751 Drury Lane Hamlet, Lethe No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
26 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, Lethe, Hornpipe, Harlequin Dance, Running Footman's Dance, The Savoyard, The Scotch Dance No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
29 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Fatal Marriage, Lethe No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
01 May 1751 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband Or A Journey To London, Lethe No No Yes £90 N/A N/A
07 May 1751 Drury Lane King Richard III, Lethe Yes No No £220 N/A N/A
24 Sep 1751 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, Lethe No No No £120 100% N/A
02 Oct 1751 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Lethe No No No £170 N/A N/A
07 Oct 1751 Drury Lane The Orphan, Lethe Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
15 Oct 1751 Drury Lane The Revenge, Lethe, New Comic Dance, L'Entree de Flore No No No £150 N/A N/A
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