Coriolanus; or, The Roman Matron (1752) (1752)

Author
Thomas Sheridan
Author
William Shakespeare
Author
James Thomson
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragedy
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
£601 9s £481 9s (80%) £120 (20%)
1732 - 1809
£601 9s - (100%) £481 9s (80%) £120 (20%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
17 16 1
1732 - 1809
17 16 1
Notes
First staged in Dublin in 1752. A combination of Shakespeare and Thomson's plays.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
10 Dec 1754 Covent Garden Coriolanus Or The Roman Matron No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1754 Covent Garden Coriolanus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1754 Covent Garden Coriolanus, Comic Entertainment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Dec 1754 Covent Garden Coriolanus, Comic Entertainment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1754 Covent Garden Coriolanus, Comic Entertainment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1754 Covent Garden Coriolanus, Comic Entertainment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1755 Covent Garden Coriolanus, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1755 Covent Garden Coriolanus, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1755 Drury Lane Coriolanus, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance, Minuet No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
14 Mar 1758 Covent Garden Coriolanus, The Sheep Shearing, The Italian Peasants, The Judgment of Paris No No Yes £282 17s 6d 24% N/A
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