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 %
03 Dec 1781 Drury Lane The Fair Circassian, The Gentle Shepherd No No Yes £207 N/A N/A
05 Dec 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £147 6s 48% N/A
08 Dec 1781 Drury Lane The Fair Circassian, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £142 7s 6d 48% N/A
12 Dec 1781 Drury Lane The Fair Circassian, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £204 3s 52% N/A
28 Dec 1781 Drury Lane The Carnival Of Venice, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £145 16s 6d 40% N/A
26 Jan 1782 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £192 5s 6d 50% N/A
02 Feb 1782 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £159 4s 6d 45% N/A
05 Feb 1782 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £116 9s 6d 39% N/A
09 Feb 1782 Drury Lane The Fair Circassian, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £161 42% N/A
23 Feb 1782 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Gentle Shepherd, The Distress'd Lovers No No No £118 7s 6d N/A N/A
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