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 %
05 Nov 1772 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £156 16s 60% N/A
10 Nov 1772 Drury Lane The Gamesters, Harlequin's Invasion Yes No No £136 11s 46% N/A
18 Nov 1772 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Elopement No No No £174 6s 6d 43% N/A
23 Nov 1772 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Elopement No No No £88 9s 35% N/A
02 Dec 1772 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Rose No No No £172 6s 42% N/A
12 Dec 1772 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair Yes No No £138 4s 6d 51% N/A
02 Jan 1773 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Pigmy Revels No No No £174 3s 59% N/A
20 Jan 1773 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Pigmy Revels No No No £184 9s 6d 60% N/A
03 Feb 1773 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Wedding Ring No No No £174 11s 51% N/A
15 Feb 1773 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £166 3s 49% N/A
27 Mar 1773 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Frenchified Lady Never in Paris, Quadrille No No Yes £268 5s 39% N/A
25 Sep 1773 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Pigmy Revels No No No £138 10s 6d 100% N/A
20 Apr 1774 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Pigmy Revels, The Irish Fair, Louvre, Minuet, New Grand Pastoral Dance No No Yes £192 6s 39% N/A
24 May 1774 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Irish Widow, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £262 19s 34% N/A
26 Oct 1774 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Election, The Elopement No No No £106 12s N/A N/A
06 Nov 1776 Drury Lane The Gamesters, A Christmas Tale, The Savage Hunters No No No £146 15s 36% N/A
13 Mar 1779 Drury Lane The Gamesters, A Monody, The Miller of Mansfield No No No £217 11s 6d N/A N/A
26 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Gamesters, A Monody, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £174 11s 6d N/A N/A
05 Oct 1782 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Capricious Lovers, The Irish Fair No No No £164 8s 6d 100% N/A
16 Oct 1782 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Gentle Shepherd, Highland Reel No No No £96 7s 6d 33% N/A
27 Dec 1782 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Triumph of Mirth No No No £171 10s 48% N/A
06 May 1785 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Sons of Anacreon, Comus No No Yes £192 8s 6d N/A N/A
22 Jan 1790 Covent Garden The Gamesters, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £193 6d 56% N/A
28 Apr 1806 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Invisible Girl, My Grandmother, The Thorn, Just Like Love No No Yes £534 9s 6d 55% N/A
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