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 %
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