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 %
03 Dec 1770 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin Skeleton, True Blue No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1771 Covent Garden Hamlet, True Blue, The Merry Counterfeit or Viscount a la Mode No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 May 1771 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Ladies' Frolick, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1771 Covent Garden Hamlet, Midas No No No £207 6d 100% N/A
09 Nov 1771 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Institution of the Garter No No No £183 7s 59% N/A
23 Dec 1771 Drury Lane Hamlet, Thomas and Sally No No No £289 10s 6d 58% N/A
08 Jan 1772 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Guardian No No No £287 12s 54% N/A
05 Feb 1772 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Miller of Mansfield No No No £288 1s 6d 61% N/A
21 Apr 1772 Covent Garden Hamlet, Chrononhotonthologos, True Blue No No Yes £233 12s 6d 49% N/A
26 Oct 1772 Covent Garden Hamlet, Mother Shipton No No No £149 10s 41% N/A
18 Dec 1772 Drury Lane Hamlet, Miss in Her Teens No No No £284 5s 6d 56% N/A
21 Dec 1772 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Miller of Mansfield Yes No No £272 N/A N/A
23 Dec 1772 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Old Maid Yes No No £264 64% N/A
04 Jan 1773 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £179 17s 6d 47% N/A
01 Feb 1773 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin Sorcerer Yes No No £218 15s 6d 46% N/A
10 Feb 1773 Drury Lane Hamlet, Polly Honeycomb No No No £268 13s 6d 59% N/A
19 May 1773 Covent Garden Hamlet, Polly Honeycombe, Highland Reel No No Yes £199 16s 6d 43% N/A
18 Oct 1773 Covent Garden Hamlet, Midas No No No £146 18s 58% N/A
22 Nov 1773 Covent Garden Hamlet, Midas Yes No No £124 3s 6d 34% N/A
08 Feb 1774 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Male Coquette No No No £287 12s 59% N/A
03 May 1774 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Dragon of Wantly No No Yes £179 8s N/A N/A
06 May 1774 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Deserter Yes No No £261 11s 6d 82% N/A
04 Oct 1774 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Meeting of the Company, The Elopement Yes No No £135 5s N/A N/A
02 Dec 1774 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Lying Valet No No No £264 1s 6d N/A N/A
12 Dec 1774 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Cobler Yes No No £259 5s 6d N/A N/A
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