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 %
24 Sep 1803 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Rival Soldiers No No No £458 5s 6d 58% N/A
29 Sep 1803 Covent Garden Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Animal Magnetism No No No £238 8s 63% N/A
14 Nov 1803 Covent Garden Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Raising the Wind No No No £298 8s 72% N/A
13 Feb 1804 Covent Garden Hamlet, Oscar and Malvina No No No £375 2s 44% N/A
14 May 1804 Covent Garden Hamlet, Valentine and Orson No No No £272 11s 6d 49% N/A
11 Jun 1804 Covent Garden Hamlet, Oscar and Malvina No No No £206 6s 76% N/A
22 Oct 1804 Covent Garden Hamlet, Netley Abby No No No £297 4s 6d 48% N/A
24 Nov 1804 Drury Lane Hamlet, Matrimony No No No £192 7s 61% N/A
26 Nov 1804 Drury Lane Hamlet, Matrimony No No No £301 12s 55% N/A
03 Dec 1804 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Prize No No No £237 5s 6d 33% N/A
10 Jan 1805 Drury Lane Hamlet, The United Britons, The Spoiled Child No No No £257 8s 48% N/A
28 Jan 1805 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist, Old Harlequin's Fire-side No No No £282 16s 6d 33% N/A
14 Mar 1805 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Wedding Day No No Yes £708 13s 57% N/A
16 Mar 1805 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Lying Valet No No No £621 6s 68% N/A
18 Mar 1805 Drury Lane Hamlet, Two Strings to Your Bow No No No £528 6s 75% N/A
23 Mar 1805 Drury Lane Hamlet, Who's the Dupe? No No No £611 13s 6d 70% N/A
30 Mar 1805 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Doctor and the Apothecary No No No £555 7s 6d 69% N/A
04 Apr 1805 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Liar No No No £602 3s 6d 73% N/A
16 Apr 1805 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Spoiled Child No No No £575 3s 71% N/A
29 Apr 1805 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Village Lawyer No No No £490 14s 6d 60% N/A
13 May 1805 Covent Garden Hamlet, Spanish Dollars; or, The Priest of the Parish No No No £547 1s 62% N/A
20 May 1805 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Miser No No No £493 1s 60% N/A
23 May 1805 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Jew and the Doctor No No Yes £542 10s 66% N/A
27 Nov 1805 Covent Garden Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, The Wild Islanders; or, The Court of Pekin, Two Strings to your Bow No No No £289 17s 6d 50% N/A
09 Dec 1805 Covent Garden Hamlet, Rugantino; or, The Bravo of Venice No No No £243 12s 44% N/A
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