The Gentle Shepherd (1732)

Author
Cornelius Vandertop
Composer
A. A. Scots
Author
Allan Ramsay
Author
Theophilus Cibber
Composer
Thomas Linley Sr. (1781)
Author
Richard Tickell (1789)
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Pastoral
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£13,178 9s £119 7s (0.9%) £13,059 2s (99.1%)
1732 - 1809
£13,178 9s - (100%) £119 7s (0.9%) £13,059 2s (99.1%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
85 1 84
1732 - 1809
85 1 84
Notes
Thomas Linley wrote a new overture for this in 1781 while Richard Tickell's adaptation was first performed at Drury Lane in May 1789.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
07 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £158 5s 62% N/A
08 Nov 1781 Drury Lane King Arthur, The Gentle Shepherd No Yes No £263 1s 55% N/A
09 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £219 6s 6d 59% N/A
14 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £230 18s 6d 68% N/A
16 Nov 1781 Drury Lane King Arthur, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £205 62% N/A
21 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Gentle Shepherd, The Frenchman in the Dairy No No No £192 5s 6d 56% N/A
23 Nov 1781 Drury Lane Dissipation, The Gentle Shepherd, The Frenchman in the Dairy No No No £162 7s N/A N/A
26 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £178 17s 6d 45% N/A
28 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The Fair Circassian, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £141 16s 44% N/A
30 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The Fair Circassian, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £159 2s 51% N/A
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