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 %
30 Sep 1773 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Wedding Ring, The Mountaineers No No No £195 1s 1d 100% N/A
14 Apr 1777 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, True Blue, The Country Mad Cap No No Yes £224 6d 51% N/A
21 Apr 1777 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, Midas, The Frolick No No No £193 6s 6d 71% N/A
14 May 1777 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Country Mad Cap, Hunting Dance No No Yes £161 15s 6d 15% N/A
07 Mar 1778 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, Mother Shipton No No No £196 2s 6d 43% N/A
27 Apr 1778 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Little French Lawyer, The Poney Races No No Yes £262 2s 45% N/A
28 Oct 1778 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, Poor Vulcan, La Soiree a la Mode No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Feb 1779 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Touchstone No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Mar 1779 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Liverpool Prize, The Merry Sailors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Mar 1784 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Rival Knights, The Poor Soldier No No No £228 15s 6d 58% N/A
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