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 %
15 Jan 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Shipwreck No No No £381 1s 44% N/A
22 Jan 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Apprentice No No No £437 9s 61% N/A
29 Jan 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Shipwreck No No No £430 5s 70% N/A
02 Feb 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, No Song No Supper No No No £284 17s 6d 63% N/A
05 Feb 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Wandering Jew No No No £411 13s 6d 72% N/A
12 Feb 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Quaker No No No £375 3s 6d 56% N/A
19 Feb 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Follies of a Day No No No £374 2s 54% N/A
26 Feb 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Prize No No No £416 18s 6d 55% N/A
05 Mar 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, My Grandmother No No No £410 2s 6d 65% N/A
12 Mar 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Mayor of Garratt No No No £409 14s 6d 71% N/A
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