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
£28,968 1s 6d £556 9s (1.9%) £28,411 12s 6d (98.1%)
1732 - 1809
£28,968 1s 6d - (100%) £556 9s (1.9%) £28,411 12s 6d (98.1%)
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 %
12 Apr 1803 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, Love and Magic No No No £161 19s 6d 30% N/A
30 Sep 1803 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, Fortune's Frolics No No No £105 15s 6d 33% N/A
17 Nov 1803 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, No Song No Supper No No No £123 4s 6d 23% N/A
16 Dec 1803 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, The Caravan; or, The Driver and his Dog No No No £203 6s 44% N/A
30 May 1804 Covent Garden The Castle Spectre, Lock and Key No No Yes £273 6s 51% N/A
09 Jun 1804 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, Fortune's Frolic No No Yes £40 12s N/A N/A
28 Jan 1806 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, The Sleeping Beauty No No No £387 10s 68% N/A
13 Feb 1806 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, Three Weeks after Marriage No No No £310 17s 6d 66% N/A
27 Mar 1806 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, The Irishman in London No No No £417 6d 60% N/A
23 May 1806 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, The Invisible Girl, A Picture of a Playhouse; or, "Bucks have at ye all", Tom Thumb, Del Caro's hornpipe No No Yes £418 3s 41% N/A
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