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 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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