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
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