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 %
11 Jan 1772 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Lethe, The Amusements of Strasburgh No No No £245 11s 64% N/A
14 Jan 1772 Drury Lane The Gamester, Lethe No No No £235 14s 62% N/A
16 Jan 1772 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No No £269 10s 6d N/A N/A
18 Jan 1772 Drury Lane Timon, Lethe No No No £210 2s 6d 67% N/A
19 Apr 1775 Drury Lane A Christmas Tale, Lethe, Return from the Universities of Parnassus No No Yes £236 3s N/A N/A
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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