The Gamesters (1633)

Author
James Shirley
Author
David Garrick (1758)
Work Type
Mainpiece
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
£5,683 9s 6d £654 16s (11.5%) £5,028 13s 6d (88.5%)
1732 - 1809
£5,683 9s 6d - (100%) £654 16s (11.5%) £5,028 13s 6d (88.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
49 9 40
1732 - 1809
49 9 40
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
29 Mar 1735 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Toy Shop, Scots Dance, Scotch Ballad, Shepherd and Shepherdess Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1735 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Toy Shop, The Overture of Ariadne, Les Bergers Champetre, In Praise of English Roast Beef, Flanderkins, Minuet, Richmond Maggot, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Jun 1738 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1741 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Royal Chace, New Chaconne, The Matelots No No No £112 6s 6d N/A N/A
09 Feb 1741 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Royal Chace, Chaconne, The Matelots No No No £102 7s 6d N/A N/A
24 Feb 1741 Covent Garden The Gamester, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £97 1s 6d N/A N/A
30 Apr 1741 Covent Garden The Gamester, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Blow Blow, Comic Dance, Britons Strike Home, The Gregorian Song Yes No Yes £150 N/A N/A
22 Feb 1742 Covent Garden The Gamester, Peasants, Rural Assembly, Mars and Venus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1743 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Lying Valet, Bumper Squire Jones, Italian Masquerade No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Dec 1743 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Anatomist No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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