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
£74,435 7s £26,865 8s (36.1%) £47,569 19s (63.9%)
1732 - 1809
£74,435 7s - (100%) £26,865 8s (36.1%) £47,569 19s (63.9%)
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 %
29 Apr 1747 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Contrivances No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
22 Sep 1747 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Double Disappointment No No No £146 3s 6d 100% N/A
23 Oct 1747 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £176 5s 100% N/A
24 Nov 1747 Drury Lane Hamlet, Miss in Her Teens No No No £138 19s N/A N/A
09 Dec 1747 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1748 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No No £187 13s 6d N/A N/A
23 Feb 1748 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Royal Chace, Ah se amanti fasti mai felice Belve, Go Rose, My Chloe's Bosom Grace, Tis' Liberty, Dear Liberty No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Mar 1748 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Double Disappointment, Tambourine, Dutch Dance No No No £108 10s 6d N/A N/A
02 Apr 1748 Covent Garden Hamlet, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1748 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Double Disappointment, Comic Dance No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
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