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 %
21 May 1759 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Heiress or The Antigallican, Hornpipe, Minuet No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
30 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Guardian, The Shepherds Holiday No No No £160 44% N/A
15 Dec 1759 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Fair No No No £129 3s 42% N/A
16 Jan 1760 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £148 2s N/A N/A
03 Mar 1760 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1760 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Apprentice, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Dec 1760 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, Thomas and Sally No No No £105 9s N/A N/A
31 Jan 1761 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Edgar and Emmeline No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1761 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Polly Honeycombe, New Pantomime Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Sep 1761 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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