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 Nov 1765 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1767 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, High Life below Stairs, The Irish Haymakers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Oct 1767 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1769 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Jubilee, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1770 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, Harlequin's Jubilee No No No £185 1s N/A N/A
19 Feb 1770 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, Harlequin's Jubilee No No No £190 6s N/A N/A
01 Mar 1770 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, Harlequin's Jubilee No No No £239 1s N/A N/A
03 May 1770 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, Harlequin's Jubilee, Minuet, The Tartars No No Yes £240 17s N/A N/A
01 May 1771 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Anatomist, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1773 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Lottery, The Recruiting Serjeant No No Yes £151 6s 20% N/A
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