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 %
23 Oct 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Outlaws No No No £294 10s 6d 100% N/A
01 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Children in the Wood No No No £216 9s 43% N/A
07 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Shipwreck No No No £173 2s 28% N/A
17 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Captive of Spilburg, Hornpipe No No No £281 5s 49% N/A
24 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Captive of Spilburg No No No £210 10s 40% N/A
22 Dec 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Smugglers No No No £146 2s 6d 44% N/A
28 Dec 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, No Song No Supper No No No £133 10s 6d 42% N/A
05 Jan 1799 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Shipwreck No No No £136 7s 39% N/A
12 Jan 1799 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Apprentice No No No £166 8s 34% N/A
05 Feb 1799 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Apprentice, Moggy and Jemmy No No No £189 11s 41% N/A
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