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
£6,581 17s 6d £654 16s (9.9%) £5,927 1s 6d (90.1%)
1732 - 1809
£6,581 17s 6d - (100%) £654 16s (9.9%) £5,927 1s 6d (90.1%)
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 %
06 Oct 1744 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1744 Drury Lane The Gamester No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1744 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Anatomist, Grand Comic Dance, Grand Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1745 Drury Lane The Gamester, Rosamond No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1745 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Debauchees or The Jesuit Caught, Grand Dance No No No £79 14s 6d 100% N/A
13 Oct 1756 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Shipwreck or The Distressed Lovers, The Press Gang or The Sailors Farewell No No No £70 N/A N/A
22 Dec 1757 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Market No No No £180 61% N/A
23 Dec 1757 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Prussian Camp No No No £190 79% N/A
07 Jan 1758 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Prussian Camp No No No £180 67% N/A
09 Jan 1758 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Italian Peasants, The Prussian Camp No No No £160 65% N/A
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