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 %
21 May 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Escape, The Shipwreck No No Yes £430 6s 6d 73% N/A
23 May 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Sons of Anacreon, The Flitch of Bacon No No Yes £526 14s 6d 64% N/A
29 May 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Liar No No Yes £271 17s 6d 88% N/A
31 May 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Prisoner, Pas Seul, Hornpipe No No Yes £487 12s 85% N/A
06 Jun 1798 Drury Lane The Ugly Club, The Castle Spectre, A Nosegay of Weeds or Old Servants in New Places No No Yes £419 12s 63% N/A
11 Jun 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Smugglers No No Yes £130 7s N/A N/A
18 Jun 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, Comus No No No £164 19s 100% N/A
29 Sep 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Children in the Wood No No No £428 5s 100% N/A
08 Oct 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Humourist No No No £223 14s 6d 56% N/A
15 Oct 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Smugglers No No No £209 10s 6d 42% N/A
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