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 Feb 1799 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £153 5s 6d 41% N/A
07 May 1799 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Prisoner, There the Silvered Waters Roam, Imitations, The Town Crier No No Yes £559 17s 39% N/A
16 May 1799 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Deserter, Collins's Ode on the Passions No No Yes £613 6d 47% N/A
21 May 1799 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Shipwreck, The Fishing Duet No No Yes £328 86% N/A
03 Jul 1799 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No Yes £58 10s 6d N/A N/A
17 Sep 1799 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Prize No No No £304 18s 6d 100% N/A
26 Sep 1799 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Children in the Wood No No No £304 13s 100% N/A
23 Oct 1799 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Deserter No No No £235 17s 57% N/A
30 Oct 1799 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Children in the Wood No No No £159 9s 6d 48% N/A
15 Nov 1799 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Children in the Wood No No No £204 6s 6d 37% N/A
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