The Gamester (1753)

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
£26,716 15s £7,216 (27%) £19,500 15s (73%)
1732 - 1809
£26,716 15s - (100%) £7,216 (27%) £19,500 15s (73%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
112 27 85
1732 - 1809
112 27 85
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
19 Dec 1775 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Genii, Comic Dance No No No £83 17s 6d N/A N/A
27 Dec 1775 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Jubilee No No No £193 17s 6d N/A N/A
17 Apr 1777 Drury Lane The Gamester, Harlequin's Invasion, The Soldier tired with war's Alarms No No Yes £140 19s 6d 33% N/A
10 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Gamester, A Monody, Who's the Dupe? No No No £193 3s 6d N/A N/A
17 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Gamester, A Monody, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No No No £174 12s N/A N/A
27 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Gamester, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No No No £107 10s 6d N/A N/A
15 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Wonders Of Derbyshire No No No £96 53% N/A
03 Jan 1780 Drury Lane The Gamester, Fortunatus No No No £203 2s 6d 52% N/A
04 Jan 1781 Covent Garden The Gamester, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £247 4s 67% N/A
29 Jan 1781 Covent Garden The Gamester, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £214 18s 45% N/A
05 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Gamester, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £172 1s 43% N/A
03 Jan 1782 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £234 8s 51% N/A
22 Nov 1783 Drury Lane The Gamester, Thomas and Sally, Treble Hornpipe No No No £303 8s 6d 53% N/A
24 Nov 1783 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Deaf Lover No No No £277 16s 6d 65% N/A
26 Nov 1783 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Quaker No No No £270 2s 49% N/A
29 Nov 1783 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Englishman in Paris, The Pastoral Lovers, Minuet No No No £251 8s 58% N/A
06 Dec 1783 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Deaf Lover No No No £226 13s 6d 52% N/A
18 Dec 1783 Drury Lane The Gamester, Who's the Dupe, New Comic Ballet No No No £244 4s 65% N/A
31 Dec 1783 Covent Garden The Gamester, Friar Bacon No No No £130 16s 35% N/A
29 Jan 1784 Drury Lane The Gamester, Too Civil by Half, New Comic Ballet No No No £276 11s 49% N/A
13 Feb 1784 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £256 13s 6d 53% N/A
03 Apr 1784 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Double Disguise No No No £265 4s 6d 54% N/A
05 Oct 1784 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Irish Widow No No No £304 5s 100% N/A
16 Oct 1784 Drury Lane Gamester, The Quaker No No No £304 4s 100% N/A
25 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Author No No No £240 9s 6d N/A N/A