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 %
27 Apr 1796 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Smugglers No No No £261 10s 62% N/A
06 Oct 1796 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Smugglers, The Triumph of Love No No No £443 7s 6d 78% N/A
17 Oct 1796 Drury Lane The Gamester, Bon Ton No No No £291 19s 61% N/A
23 Dec 1796 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Shipwreck No No No £91 14s 6d 29% N/A
01 Apr 1797 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Citizen No No No £326 18s 6d 57% N/A
04 May 1797 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Ghost, Hartford Bridge No No Yes £398 12s 6d 59% N/A
15 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The Gamester, A Trip to the Nore, All the World's Stage No No No £274 9s 6d 53% N/A
17 Jan 1798 Drury Lane The Gamester, Blue Beard No No No £379 5s 58% N/A
10 Mar 1798 Drury Lane The Gamester, Blue Beard No No No £378 67% N/A
27 Apr 1798 Drury Lane The Gamester, Sylvester Daggerwood, Blue Beard No No Yes £276 14s 46% N/A
06 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Prize No No No £195 19s 6d 36% N/A
30 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Prize No No No £150 7s 6d 32% N/A
09 Dec 1799 Drury Lane The Gamester, Blue Beard No No No £366 1s 6d 67% N/A
25 Mar 1800 Drury Lane The Gamester, Of Age To morrow No No No £237 12s 6d 48% N/A
08 Nov 1800 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Cozeners, Actaeon and Diana No No No £228 6s 6d 44% N/A
27 Nov 1801 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier No No No £122 6s 51% N/A
13 Jan 1802 Drury Lane The Gamester, Of Age Tomorrow No No No £257 1s 6d 45% N/A
14 Oct 1802 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Lying Valet No No No £168 10s 6d 38% N/A
27 Oct 1803 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Review; or, The Wags of Windsor No No No £407 7s 6d 76% N/A
03 Nov 1803 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Review; or, The Wags of Windsor No No No £277 16s 6d 54% N/A
09 Dec 1803 Covent Garden The Gamester, Raising the Wind No No No £205 12s 6d 45% N/A
25 Feb 1804 Covent Garden The Gamester, De La Perouse; or, The Desolate Island No No No £253 15s 42% N/A
09 Apr 1804 Covent Garden The Gamester, Valentine and Orson No No No £340 3s 53% N/A
11 Oct 1805 Covent Garden The Gamester, Hartford Bridge No No No £387 2s 76% N/A
14 Feb 1806 Covent Garden The Gamester, Raising the Wind No No No £295 13s 44% N/A