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 %
04 Sep 1736 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Colombine Courtezan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1736 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1736 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Harlequin Restord, Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1736 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Harlequin Restord Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1737 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1737 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Fall of Phaeton No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1737 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Damon and Phillida, The Lady's Lamentation, Clown, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors, Minuet, The Prince of Wales's Saraband No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1737 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The King and the Miller of Mansfield Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Sep 1737 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Devil to Pay, The Peasants No No No £85 100% N/A
17 Jan 1738 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Drunken Man No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Jan 1738 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Flanderkins, Ballet, Russian Sailor Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1738 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Royal Chace Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1738 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, La Pieraite, English Maggot, Il Polonese, Russian Sailor, Turkish Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Sep 1738 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, An Old Man Taught Wisdom or The Virgin Unmaskd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1738 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1738 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Harlots Progress No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Dec 1738 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Devil to Pay, Moors' Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1739 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Feb 1739 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1739 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1739 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Devil to Pay, Punches Dance, Happy Pair, Minuet, Pierots Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Sep 1739 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1739 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1739 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Harlequin Grand Volgi, Le Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Jan 1740 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Fortune Tellers, Voyage to the Land of Cytherea Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
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