Hamlet (1603)

Author
William Shakespeare
Author
Sir William Davenant (1661)
Author
David Garrick (1772)
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
£79,311 10s £29,599 12s (37.3%) £49,711 18s (62.7%)
1732 - 1809
£79,311 10s - (100%) £29,599 12s (37.3%) £49,711 18s (62.7%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
523 214 309
1732 - 1809
523 214 309
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
06 Oct 1762 Drury Lane Hamlet, Miss in Her Teens No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1762 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1763 Drury Lane Hamlet, High Life below Stairs, The Camp Alarmed No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1763 Drury Lane Hamlet, Fortunatus No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1763 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Apprentice, Hornpipe, A Dish of All Sorts No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1763 Drury Lane Hamlet, Polly Honeycombe No No No £194 17s 6d 100% N/A
26 Oct 1763 Drury Lane Hamlet, Love at First Sight, The Provancalle No No Yes £103 1s N/A N/A
11 Feb 1764 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Rites of Hecate Yes No No £181 8s N/A N/A
29 Mar 1764 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Englishman in Paris, The Calabrian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1764 Drury Lane Hamlet, High Life below Stairs, The Irish Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1764 Covent Garden Hamlet, Lethe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1764 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Fairy Tale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1764 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Nov 1764 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Genii No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1764 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Deuce Is in Him, The Lamplighters No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1765 Drury Lane Hamlet, Queen Mab No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1765 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Country Wife, Tambourine, Hornpipe, The Metamorphosis, or Wizzard of the Village No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Sep 1765 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1765 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1766 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Hermit No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1766 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Devil to Pay, The Irish Lilt, The Cries of London, New Tambourine Dance, Tombs of Westminster Abbey Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1766 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Royal Chace No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1766 Drury Lane Hamlet, Daphne and Amintor Yes No No £112 19s 100% N/A
30 Oct 1766 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Royal Chace No No No £85 42% N/A
07 Nov 1766 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £261 10s 6d 54% N/A
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