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 %
31 Dec 1805 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Soldier's Return No No No £355 14s 6d 62% N/A
11 Feb 1806 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Prize No No No £307 17s 65% N/A
20 Mar 1806 Covent Garden Hamlet, We Fly by Night No No No £376 8s 52% N/A
16 Sep 1806 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Humourist No No No £309 19s 6d 100% N/A
15 Dec 1806 Drury Lane Hamlet, Tekeli; or, The Siege of Montgatz No No No £249 41% N/A
07 Mar 1807 Covent Garden Hamlet, Mother Goose No No No £428 9s 6d 64% N/A
26 May 1807 Covent Garden Hamlet, Paul & Virginia No No Yes £406 5s 72% N/A
23 Jun 1807 Covent Garden Hamlet, Mother Goose No No No £329 3s 100% N/A
06 Feb 1808 Covent Garden Hamlet, We Fly by Night No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Feb 1808 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin in his Element No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1808 Covent Garden Hamlet, Who Wins? No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1808 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin and Mother Goose No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1808 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin and Mother Goose No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jun 1808 Covent Garden Hamlet, Who Wins? No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1808 Drury Lane Hamlet, Irishman in London No No No £245 17s 6d 100% N/A
05 Oct 1808 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Quaker No No No £362 8s 100% N/A
12 Oct 1808 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Forest of Hermanstadt No No No £345 13s 6d 100% N/A
12 Dec 1808 Covent Garden Hamlet, The School for Authors No No No £179 11s 6d 36% N/A
02 Jan 1809 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin and Mother Goose No No No £249 10s 45% N/A
31 Jan 1809 Covent Garden Hamlet, De la Perouse No No No £263 6d 40% N/A
06 Feb 1809 Covent Garden Hamlet, De la Perouse No No No £191 12s 41% N/A
10 Apr 1809 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin and Mother Goose No No No £322 15s 26% N/A
08 May 1809 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin and Mother Goose No No No £213 6s 6d 50% N/A
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