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 %
31 Oct 1800 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, The Grandmother No No No £131 1s 6d 40% N/A
17 Dec 1800 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, High Life Below Stairs No No No £181 7s 36% N/A
30 Apr 1801 Drury Lane Castle Spectre, Liar No No No £183 7s 46% N/A
18 Jun 1801 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, Three Weeks After Marriage No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1801 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, Of Age To-morrow No No No £272 17s 6d 100% N/A
29 Oct 1801 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, Of Age To-morrow No No No £188 12s 6d 38% N/A
26 Feb 1802 Drury Lane The Castle-Spectre, The Follies of a Day No No No £181 4s 6d 39% N/A
07 Jun 1802 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, Katharine and Petruchio No No Yes £384 8s 6d 59% N/A
20 Oct 1802 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, The Liar No No No £203 1s 6d 46% N/A
03 Dec 1802 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, The Sultan No No No £192 4s 48% N/A
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