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 %
24 Apr 1784 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Deaf Lover, The Sportmen's Return No No Yes £324 1s 47% N/A
27 Apr 1784 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Comus No No No £258 10s 6d 55% N/A
29 Apr 1784 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Who's the Dupe No No No £208 8s 6d 50% N/A
01 May 1784 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Ladies' Frolick No No No £218 12s 60% N/A
27 Oct 1784 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Quaker No No No £188 19s 6d N/A N/A
23 Apr 1785 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Comus No No Yes £199 10s 6d N/A N/A
06 Oct 1785 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Bon Ton; or, Hight Life above Stairs No No No £282 3s 6d 100% N/A
05 Oct 1786 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Critic No Yes No £319 6d 100% N/A
01 Dec 1788 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Pannel No No No £178 12s 6d 49% N/A
10 Jan 1789 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, Aladin No No No £217 1s 6d 53% N/A
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