Tancred and Sigismunda (1745)

Author
James Thomson
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragedy
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
£12,766 2s 7d £5,283 11s (41.4%) £7,482 11s 7d (58.6%)
1732 - 1809
£12,766 2s 7d - (100%) £5,283 11s (41.4%) £7,482 11s 7d (58.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
89 32 57
1732 - 1809
89 32 57
Notes
Inspired by Boccaccio's The Decameron.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
13 Feb 1752 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Anatomist No 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
14 Mar 1752 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Anatomist, Provincial Dance No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
18 Apr 1752 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Harlequin Ranger Yes No No £170 N/A N/A
18 Mar 1755 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Lethe No No Yes £280 N/A N/A
10 Jan 1756 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Chaplet No No No £200 N/A N/A
13 Jan 1756 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Oracle No No No £180 N/A N/A
15 Jan 1756 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Miss in Her Teens Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
19 Jan 1756 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Miss in Her Teens Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
22 Mar 1756 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Apprentice, The New Sailors Dance Yes No Yes £220 N/A N/A
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