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 %
01 Jun 1790 Drury Lane The Runaway, The Gentle Shepherd, L'Amour au Rendevous, or The Conflict of Love, Highland Reel, War Dance No No Yes £233 1s 6d 34% N/A
23 May 1794 Covent Garden The Gentle Shepherd, Lovers' Quarrels, The Irishman In London, Highland Reel, What Shall He Have That Killed the Deer, Planxty Descriptive of Ireland, The New Mariners, Water Parted from the Sea, Where the Bee Sucks, Ye Spotted Snakes No No Yes £274 3s 27% N/A
08 Jun 1796 Drury Lane The Purse, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Gentle Shepherd No No Yes £337 6s 6d 100% N/A
08 Jun 1802 Drury Lane The Chapter of Accidents, The Gentle Shepherd No No Yes £577 4s 6d 80% N/A
24 May 1804 Drury Lane First Love, The True Lovers' Knot, The Gentle Shepherd No No Yes £94 18s N/A N/A
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