The Sheepshearing; or, Florizel and Perdita (1754)

Author
William Shakespeare
Composer
Thomas Augustine Arne
Author
MacNamara Morgan
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£3,349 2s £2,960 14s 6d (88.4%) £388 7s 6d (11.6%)
1732 - 1809
£3,349 2s - (100%) £2,960 14s 6d (88.4%) £388 7s 6d (11.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
31 20 11
1732 - 1809
31 20 11
Notes
From Shakespeare's 'A Winter's Tale' (1610-11). First performed in Dublin in 1747.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
13 Jan 1761 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Florizel and Perdita No No No £175 7s N/A N/A
24 Mar 1761 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Florizel and Perdita, Hornpipe No No Yes £143 17s 6d N/A N/A
16 Apr 1761 Covent Garden The Wife's Relief, Florizel and Perdita, The New Comic Dance No No Yes £139 11s N/A N/A
27 Jan 1762 Drury Lane Florizel And Perdita Or The Winters Tale, Catharine and Petruchio, Hearts of Oak No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1762 Drury Lane Florizel And Perdita, Catharine and Petruchio, Hearts of Oak No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Feb 1762 Drury Lane Florizel And Perdita, The Old Maid No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1762 Drury Lane Florizel And Perdita, Catharine and Petruchio No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1762 Drury Lane Florizel And Perdita, Catharine and Petruchio, New Swiss Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Mar 1762 Covent Garden The Jealous Wife, Florizel and Perdita, The Pleasures of Spring No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Mar 1762 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, Florizel and Perdita, Solo on violin, The Pleasures of Spring No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
Download Export