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 %
28 Oct 1758 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £57 14s 6d 33% N/A
28 Nov 1758 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £47 28% N/A
10 Mar 1759 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £235 13s 61% N/A
15 Mar 1759 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Rape of Proserpine Yes No No £228 12s 56% N/A
19 Apr 1759 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Lethe No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
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
21 Oct 1761 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Fair No No No £79 11s 6d N/A N/A
15 Mar 1762 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Love Match No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1762 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, High Life below Stairs, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1762 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Polly Honeycomb, The Bavarian Shoemakers, The Italian Robbers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Nov 1762 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Witches No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1763 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Musical Lady, The Irish Lilt No No No £187 7s 100% N/A
30 Dec 1763 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Rites of Hecate No No No £201 11s N/A N/A
16 Oct 1764 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Witches, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1764 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, High Life below Stairs, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1765 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Daphne and Amintor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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