The Fairy Tale (1763)

Author
George Colman, the elder
Author
William Shakespeare
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£2,532 14s 6d £0 (0%) £2,532 14s 6d (100%)
1732 - 1809
£2,532 14s 6d - (100%) £0 (0%) £2,532 14s 6d (100%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
43 0 43
1732 - 1809
43 0 43
Notes
Based on Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer NIght's Dream' (1596-7).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
27 Sep 1764 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Fairy Tale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1764 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Fairy Tale, Irish Lilt No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1764 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Fairy Tale, The Irish Lilt, New Tambourine, The Provencalle No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1764 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Fairy Tale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1764 Drury Lane King Henry IV Part I, The Fairy Tale, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Oct 1764 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Fairy Tale, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1764 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Fairy Tale, The Lamplighters No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Platonic Wife, The Fairy Tale, The Millers, New Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Platonic Wife, The Fairy Tale, Comic Dance, Tambourine Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Platonic Wife, The Fairy Tale, Comic Dance, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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