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 %
08 Oct 1760 Drury Lane Zara, Lethe, The Cow Keepers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Lethe, The Colliers, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £115 2s N/A N/A
21 Nov 1760 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Lethe, The Cossacks No No Yes £264 7s N/A N/A
16 Dec 1760 Covent Garden The Orphan, Lethe, Les Charboniers No No Yes £176 1s 6d N/A N/A
06 Jan 1761 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Lethe, Scaramouche, Les Charboniers No No Yes £147 1s N/A N/A
24 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Minor, Lethe, The Enchanted Peasant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1761 Covent Garden Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discoverd, Lethe, The Hungarian Gambols or a Provincial Rendevous No No No £104 19s 6d N/A N/A
04 Apr 1761 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Lethe, New Pantomime Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1761 Covent Garden Jane Shore, Lethe, Les Charboniers No No Yes £166 14s N/A N/A
17 Apr 1761 Covent Garden Wit Without Money, Lethe, The Waggoners No No Yes £202 6d N/A N/A
30 Apr 1761 Drury Lane Othello, Lethe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1761 Covent Garden The Miser, Lethe, Last New Comic Dance No No Yes £215 13s N/A N/A
03 Oct 1761 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, Lethe, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £86 15s 6d N/A N/A
11 Nov 1761 Covent Garden Comus, Lethe No No No £131 13s 6d N/A N/A
14 Dec 1761 Drury Lane Hecuba, Lethe, New Dutch Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1761 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant, Lethe, The Pedlar Tricked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Twins Or A Comedy Of Errors, Lethe, Let Not the Rage, The Taylors Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1762 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, Lethe, The Jealous Woodcutter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1762 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, Lethe, The Jealous Woodcutter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1762 Drury Lane King Henry IV Part II, Lethe No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1762 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, Lethe, The Jealous Woodcutter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1763 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, Lethe, The Catalonian Marriage No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1763 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Lethe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1763 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, Lethe, The Cudgelled Husband No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan Of China, Lethe, The Faggot Binders No No Yes £259 8s 6d N/A N/A
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