The Castle Spectre (1797)

Author
Matthew Gregory Lewis
Composer
Michael Kelly
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Romance
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£25,590 7s £187 9s (0.7%) £25,402 18s (99.3%)
1732 - 1809
£25,590 7s - (100%) £187 9s (0.7%) £25,402 18s (99.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
106 2 104
1732 - 1809
106 2 104
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
14 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £316 18s 6d 68% N/A
15 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Smugglers No No No £204 15s 6d 66% N/A
16 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Humourist No No No £261 13s 69% N/A
18 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, Comus No No No £396 5s 73% N/A
20 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Quaker No No No £318 6d 42% N/A
21 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, Katharine and Petruchio No No No £318 1s 6d 71% N/A
22 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Wandering Jew No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, My Grandmother, A Trip to the Nore No No No £304 18s 49% N/A
27 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Irish Widow, A Trip to the Nore No No No £303 10s 48% N/A
28 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Deserter No No No £295 18s 6d 51% N/A
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