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
£13,748 4s 7d £5,856 11s (42.6%) £7,891 13s 7d (57.4%)
1732 - 1809
£13,748 4s 7d - (100%) £5,856 11s (42.6%) £7,891 13s 7d (57.4%)
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
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
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
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