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 %
12 May 1798 Covent Garden Voluntary Contributions, Curiosity, Florizel and Perdita or The Sheep Shearing, Black-Eyed Susan, Admiral Benbow No No Yes £198 17s 34% N/A
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