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 %
17 Apr 1759 Drury Lane Hamlet, Fortunatus No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
30 Apr 1759 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Englishman Returnd from Paris, The Drunken Peasant, The Goldfinch's Address to Chloe, The Country Wedding, The Milkmaid's Holiday No No Yes £156 3s 6d N/A N/A
23 May 1759 Drury Lane Hamlet, Miss in Her Teens, Louvre, Minuet Yes No Yes £140 N/A N/A
29 Sep 1759 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist No No No £210 100% N/A
27 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Hamlet, High Life Below Stairs No No No £100 40% N/A
18 Mar 1760 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Country Wake or Hob in the Well, Comic Dance, The Lamp Lighters Yes No Yes £269 6s 6d N/A N/A
21 Apr 1760 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Upholsterer, The Cow Keepers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1760 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Millers No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1760 Covent Garden Hamlet, Lethe No No No £141 100% N/A
27 Nov 1760 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Double Disappointment, The Mad Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1760 Drury Lane Hamlet, Queen Mab Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1760 Covent Garden Hamlet, Florizel and Perdita, Les Charboniers No No Yes £194 1s 6d N/A N/A
09 Mar 1761 Drury Lane Hamlet, Edgar and Emmeline No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1761 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Guardian No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1761 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Devil to Pay, The Waggoners, Hornpipe No No Yes £145 8s N/A N/A
03 Jun 1761 Drury Lane Hamlet, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Sep 1761 Drury Lane Hamlet, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1761 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Chaplet, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £72 15s N/A N/A
13 Oct 1761 Drury Lane Hamlet, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1761 Drury Lane Hamlet, Arcadia No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1761 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Jan 1762 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Genii No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1762 Drury Lane Hamlet, Catharine and Petruchio, Comic Dance, The Farmer's Return from London Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1762 Covent Garden Hamlet, Damon and Phillida, Serious Dance, Hornpipe, The Taylors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1762 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Cheats of Scapin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1762 Drury Lane Hamlet, Miss in Her Teens No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1762 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1763 Drury Lane Hamlet, High Life below Stairs, The Camp Alarmed No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1763 Drury Lane Hamlet, Fortunatus No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1763 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Apprentice, Hornpipe, A Dish of All Sorts No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1763 Drury Lane Hamlet, Polly Honeycombe No No No £194 17s 6d 100% N/A
26 Oct 1763 Drury Lane Hamlet, Love at First Sight, The Provancalle No No Yes £103 1s N/A N/A
11 Feb 1764 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Rites of Hecate Yes No No £181 8s N/A N/A
29 Mar 1764 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Englishman in Paris, The Calabrian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1764 Drury Lane Hamlet, High Life below Stairs, The Irish Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1764 Covent Garden Hamlet, Lethe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1764 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Fairy Tale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1764 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Nov 1764 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Genii No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1764 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Deuce Is in Him, The Lamplighters No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1765 Drury Lane Hamlet, Queen Mab No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1765 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Country Wife, Tambourine, Hornpipe, The Metamorphosis, or Wizzard of the Village No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Sep 1765 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1765 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1766 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Hermit No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1766 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Devil to Pay, The Irish Lilt, The Cries of London, New Tambourine Dance, Tombs of Westminster Abbey Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1766 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Royal Chace No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1766 Drury Lane Hamlet, Daphne and Amintor Yes No No £112 19s 100% N/A
30 Oct 1766 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Royal Chace No No No £85 42% N/A
07 Nov 1766 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £261 10s 6d 54% N/A
26 Jan 1767 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £213 2s 49% N/A
28 May 1767 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Musical Lady No No No £262 7s 6d 75% N/A
15 Sep 1767 Drury Lane Hamlet, Queen Mab No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1767 Drury Lane Hamlet, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1768 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Deuce is in Him No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Feb 1768 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Deuce Is in Him, The Wake No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1768 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Absent Man, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1768 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Musical Lady, The Dutch Milkmaid No No Yes £241 3s N/A N/A
31 May 1768 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Absent Man, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Sep 1768 Drury Lane Hamlet, Flora or Hob in the Well No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1768 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1769 Covent Garden Hamlet, Apollo and Daphne No No No £217 19s 6d N/A N/A
03 Feb 1769 Drury Lane Hamlet, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1769 Covent Garden Hamlet, Midas No No Yes £283 8s N/A N/A
27 Feb 1769 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Apprentice No No No £221 6d N/A N/A
31 Mar 1769 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Oxonian in Town, The Reel No No Yes £178 4s N/A N/A
21 Apr 1769 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Hermit, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1769 Drury Lane Hamlet, Wits Last Stake No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1769 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1769 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £166 5s N/A N/A
08 Jan 1770 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Court of Alexander No No No £176 N/A N/A
05 Feb 1770 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin's Jubilee No No No £212 6s N/A N/A
02 May 1770 Drury Lane Hamlet, Queen Mab, The Wake, Minuet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1770 Covent Garden Hamlet, Catharine and Petruchio, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £199 19s N/A N/A
03 Oct 1770 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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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