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 %
26 Feb 1782 Drury Lane Variety, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £181 6s 6d 48% N/A
05 Mar 1782 Drury Lane Variety, The Gentle Shepherd No No Yes £139 9s 6d N/A N/A
09 Mar 1782 Drury Lane Variety, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £137 40% N/A
12 Mar 1782 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £114 12s 39% N/A
04 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Election, The Foundling, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £94 12s 39% N/A
01 May 1782 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Gentle Shepherd, Thou Hast Stole Awa' from Me Mary, Kate of Aberdeen No No Yes £241 16s 56% N/A
08 May 1782 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Linco's Travels, The Gentle Shepherd, Minuet, Gavot No No Yes £252 19s 51% N/A
11 May 1782 Drury Lane The Chapter Of Accidents, The Gentle Shepherd, The Distress'd Lovers No No Yes £201 5s 6d 45% N/A
16 Oct 1782 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Gentle Shepherd, Highland Reel No No No £96 7s 6d 33% N/A
19 Oct 1782 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £79 2s 27% N/A
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