The Gamester (1753)

Author
Edward Moore
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 %
12 Apr 1785 Drury Lane The Gamester, High Life Below Stairs No No Yes £262 7s 6d N/A N/A
12 Nov 1785 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Quaker No No No £242 N/A N/A
27 May 1786 Drury Lane The Gamester, Arthur and Emmeline No No No £189 17s 90% N/A
25 Sep 1786 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Romp No No No £194 16s 100% N/A
16 Oct 1786 Drury Lane The Gamester, Who's the Dupe No No No £195 16s 44% N/A
15 Dec 1786 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £199 19s 43% N/A
30 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Humourist or Whos Who No No No £207 19s 6d 45% N/A
29 Apr 1788 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Critic No No Yes £271 19s 6d 48% N/A
01 Nov 1788 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Deserter No No No £228 1s 52% N/A
04 Apr 1791 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Deuce is in Him No No Yes £412 11s 43% N/A
04 Feb 1792 Drury Lane The Gamester, High Life below Stairs No No No £529 13s 6d N/A N/A
21 Feb 1792 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Quaker No No No £415 6s N/A N/A
29 Jan 1793 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Divorce No No No £203 2s 40% N/A
19 Feb 1793 Drury Lane The Gamester, No Song No Supper No No No £219 12s 40% N/A
29 Apr 1793 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Romp No No Yes £548 12s 6d 34% N/A
25 May 1793 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Mariners No No No £136 1s 50% N/A
22 May 1794 Drury Lane The Gamester, My Grandmother No No No £388 18s 77% N/A
29 May 1794 Drury Lane The Gamester, My Grandmother No No No £370 6d N/A N/A
04 Jun 1794 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Prize No No No £267 18s 6d 90% N/A
21 Oct 1794 Drury Lane The Gamester, No Song No Supper No No No £328 1s 73% N/A
08 Nov 1794 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Wedding Day No No No £288 12s 61% N/A
24 Mar 1795 Drury Lane The Gamester, Alexander the Great No No No £327 60% N/A
24 Sep 1795 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Adopted Child No No No £345 9s 6d 100% N/A
13 Nov 1795 Drury Lane The Gamester, Peeping Tom No No No £192 12s 49% N/A
05 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Gamester, Harlequin Captive No No No £319 5s 54% N/A
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