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 %
26 Jan 1767 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £213 2s 49% N/A
28 May 1767 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Musical Lady No No No £262 7s 6d 75% N/A
15 Sep 1767 Drury Lane Hamlet, Queen Mab No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1767 Drury Lane Hamlet, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1768 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Deuce is in Him No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Feb 1768 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Deuce Is in Him, The Wake No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1768 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Absent Man, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1768 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Musical Lady, The Dutch Milkmaid No No Yes £241 3s N/A N/A
31 May 1768 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Absent Man, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Sep 1768 Drury Lane Hamlet, Flora or Hob in the Well No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1768 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1769 Covent Garden Hamlet, Apollo and Daphne No No No £217 19s 6d N/A N/A
03 Feb 1769 Drury Lane Hamlet, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1769 Covent Garden Hamlet, Midas No No Yes £283 8s N/A N/A
27 Feb 1769 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Apprentice No No No £221 6d N/A N/A
31 Mar 1769 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Oxonian in Town, The Reel No No Yes £178 4s N/A N/A
21 Apr 1769 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Hermit, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1769 Drury Lane Hamlet, Wits Last Stake No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1769 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1769 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £166 5s N/A N/A
08 Jan 1770 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Court of Alexander No No No £176 N/A N/A
05 Feb 1770 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin's Jubilee No No No £212 6s N/A N/A
02 May 1770 Drury Lane Hamlet, Queen Mab, The Wake, Minuet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1770 Covent Garden Hamlet, Catharine and Petruchio, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £199 19s N/A N/A
03 Oct 1770 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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