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 %
08 Nov 1751 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, Lethe No No No £180 N/A N/A
16 Nov 1751 Drury Lane The Tender Husband, Lethe, Savoyard Travellers No Yes No £200 N/A N/A
05 Dec 1751 Drury Lane Phaedra And Hippolitus, Lethe, Savoyard Travellers No No No £90 N/A N/A
09 Dec 1751 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, Lethe No No No £180 N/A N/A
17 Dec 1751 Drury Lane The Revenge, Lethe, Hornpipe No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
23 Dec 1751 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, Lethe, The Savoyard Travellers No No No £120 N/A N/A
31 Jan 1752 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, Lethe Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
15 Feb 1752 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Lethe, Grand Provencalle Dance No No No £180 N/A N/A
12 Mar 1752 Drury Lane Othello, Lethe No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
01 Apr 1752 Drury Lane King Richard III, Lethe, Grand Provencalle Dance No No Yes £110 N/A N/A
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