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 %
15 Dec 1778 Drury Lane Hamlet, Comus, Sweet Echo No No No £149 3s N/A N/A
12 Jan 1779 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Wonders of Derbyshire No No No £223 9s N/A N/A
06 Feb 1779 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Wonders of Derbyshire No No No £151 6s N/A N/A
26 Apr 1779 Covent Garden Rose And Colin, Hamlet, Dr Last in his Chariot No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Sep 1779 Drury Lane Hamlet, Comus No No No £174 6s 6d 100% N/A
30 Oct 1779 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Critic or A Tragedy Rehears'd No No No £241 19s 6d N/A N/A
22 Nov 1779 Covent Garden Hamlet, Three Weeks after Marriage No No No £117 16s 6d 39% N/A
21 Apr 1780 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Critic, Imitations No No Yes £280 8s 6d 51% N/A
25 Apr 1780 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Siege Of Gibraltar No No No £168 5s 78% N/A
16 Sep 1780 Drury Lane The Election, Hamlet, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £161 12s 100% N/A
26 Oct 1780 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Humours of an Election No No No £152 5s 49% N/A
01 Jan 1781 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £235 19s 61% N/A
01 Mar 1781 Drury Lane Hamlet, Robinson Crusoe No No No £159 4s 41% N/A
19 Mar 1781 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £167 18s 52% N/A
24 May 1781 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Register Office No No Yes £289 16s 6d 30% N/A
25 Sep 1781 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Camp No No No £170 8s 100% N/A
02 Nov 1781 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £147 8s 6d 63% N/A
31 Dec 1781 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £277 56% N/A
17 Jan 1782 Drury Lane Hamlet, Lun's Ghost No No No £122 18s 6d 35% N/A
04 Feb 1782 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £203 4s 50% N/A
24 Sep 1782 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Divorce, A Dramatic Oglio No No No £189 14s 6d 100% N/A
01 Nov 1782 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £174 44% N/A
09 Dec 1782 Covent Garden Hamlet, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £214 2s 6d 66% N/A
11 Dec 1782 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Best Bidder No No No £129 13s 6d 37% N/A
06 Feb 1783 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Triumph of Mirth No No No £137 12s 40% N/A
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