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 Mar 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Wandering Jew No No No £442 12s 6d 54% N/A
19 Mar 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Smugglers No No No £407 6s 6d 63% N/A
22 Mar 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Children in the Wood No No No £404 7s 64% N/A
09 Apr 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Follies of a Day No No No £314 3s 6d 62% N/A
13 Apr 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Citizen No No No £304 13s 71% N/A
18 Apr 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Wandering Jew No No No £283 12s 61% N/A
21 Apr 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Shipwreck No No No £290 5s 6d 51% N/A
25 Apr 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, Comus No No No £231 19s 68% N/A
02 May 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Shipwreck No No No £289 1s 74% N/A
10 May 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, No Song No Supper No No No £275 16s 6d 74% N/A
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