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 %
14 Feb 1756 Drury Lane Hamlet, Lethe, New Comic Dance No No Yes £212 N/A N/A
27 Mar 1756 Drury Lane The Lady's Last Stake Or The Wifes Resentment, Lethe, New Sailors' Dance No No Yes £210 N/A N/A
22 Apr 1756 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Lethe with Mr Garricks new Scene, New Sailors' Dance, Minuet, The Garlands No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
30 Apr 1756 Drury Lane The Lady's Last Stake, Lethe with Mr Garricks new Scene, Hornpipe No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
05 May 1756 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift, Lethe, The Louvre, Hooly and Fairly, Minuet Yes No Yes £220 N/A N/A
07 May 1756 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Lethe, Hornpipe No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
12 May 1756 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, Lethe, Dance of the Millers No Yes No £180 N/A N/A
21 May 1756 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, Lethe, Last New Comic Dance, The Indian Peasants No No No £130 N/A N/A
24 May 1756 Drury Lane Love For Love, Lethe, The New Comic Dance, The Indian Peasants No No Yes £89 N/A N/A
28 May 1756 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Lethe Yes No No £180 100% N/A
17 Dec 1756 Drury Lane Amphitryon, Lethe No No No £170 N/A N/A
21 Dec 1756 Drury Lane Amphitryon, Lethe No No No £180 N/A N/A
23 Dec 1756 Drury Lane Amphitryon, Lethe No No No £180 N/A N/A
29 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, The Millers Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
04 Feb 1757 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Lethe Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
16 Feb 1757 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe Yes No No £210 N/A N/A
26 Mar 1757 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No Yes £300 N/A N/A
18 Apr 1757 Covent Garden The Committee, Lethe, Hornpipe, The Cries of London Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1757 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, Lethe No No Yes £256 N/A N/A
29 Apr 1757 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Lethe, Haymakers Dance, The Lamplighters No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1757 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Lethe, Dutch Peasant, Country Lass, Lamplighters No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1757 Covent Garden The Confederacy, Lethe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 May 1757 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, Lethe Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
25 May 1757 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Lethe, Dutch Peasant, Country Lass, Dutch Sailor, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 May 1757 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe Yes No No £180 100% N/A
21 Oct 1757 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Lethe, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £144 7s 32% N/A
02 Nov 1757 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No No £180 75% N/A
07 Nov 1757 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man The Fops Fortune, Lethe, The Jovial Coopers No No No £56 5s 6d 29% N/A
16 Nov 1757 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, Lethe, Jovial Coopers No No No £51 18s 6d 29% N/A
16 Nov 1757 Drury Lane The Tempest, Lethe No No No £130 71% N/A
22 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, Jovial Coopers No No Yes £110 6s 35% N/A
02 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Lethe, Jovial Coopers No No Yes £190 10s 23% N/A
10 Dec 1757 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Lethe, The Market Yes No No £170 61% N/A
15 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Lethe, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £157 6s 28% N/A
22 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Lethe, The Jovial Coopers No No No £113 6s 6d 39% N/A
16 Jan 1758 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, The Italian Peasants No No No £89 8s 33% N/A
24 Jan 1758 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, Lethe, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £209 8s 52% N/A
11 Feb 1758 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Lethe, The Prussian Camp No No No £200 62% N/A
28 Feb 1758 Covent Garden Hamlet, Lethe, Sicilian Peasants No No No £140 17s 41% N/A
16 Mar 1758 Covent Garden Douglas, Lethe, Sicilian Peasants No No Yes £267 14s 6d N/A N/A
04 Apr 1758 Covent Garden Othello, Lethe, Sicilian Peasants, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £137 2s 6d 32% N/A
12 Apr 1758 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, Lethe, Sicilian Peasants, Judgment of Paris, Minuet, She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not Yes No Yes £113 9s 35% N/A
27 Apr 1758 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, Lethe, The Provincial Sailors No No Yes £196 12s 6d N/A N/A
03 May 1758 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, Comic Ballet No No Yes £255 14s N/A N/A
23 May 1758 Drury Lane The Fatal Marriage, Lethe, The Italian Peasants No No No £120 100% N/A
01 Jun 1758 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, The Prussian Sailors, The Faggot Binders No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
29 Sep 1758 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Lethe No No No £90 18s 100% N/A
11 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Lethe, Country Dance, Hornpipe Yes No No £96 18s 6d 100% N/A
01 Nov 1758 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Lethe No No No £78 13s 39% N/A
08 Nov 1758 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe No No No £188 6d 72% N/A
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