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 %
09 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The Carmelite, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £171 10s N/A N/A
22 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £175 19s 6d N/A N/A
31 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £128 17s 6d N/A N/A
07 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Carmelite, The Gentle Shepherd No No Yes £277 5s 6d N/A N/A
19 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Carmelite, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £256 1s 6d N/A N/A
05 Apr 1785 Drury Lane Othello, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £225 10s N/A N/A
21 May 1785 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Gentle Shepherd No No Yes £130 3s N/A N/A
23 Feb 1786 Drury Lane Isabella Or The Fatal Marriage, The Gentle Shepherd, Highland Reel, Epithalamium No No No £238 14s 63% N/A
13 Mar 1786 Drury Lane The Captives, The Gentle Shepherd, Highland Reel No No Yes £138 13s 6d N/A N/A
23 Mar 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Gentle Shepherd, Highland Reel No No No £225 17s 56% N/A
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