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 %
26 Apr 1740 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Tragedy of Tragedies, Le Tambourine, Comic Pantomime Dance, La Matelote No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1740 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Mock Doctor, Le Tambourine, Wooden Shoe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Sep 1740 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1740 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Nancy or The Parting Lovers, Miller and his Wife, Drunken Peasants, Je ne scay quoy, The Swiss Yes No No £31 N/A N/A
26 Nov 1740 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Virgin Unmasked, Ballet, Ethiopian No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1741 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Virgin Unmasked, L'Arlequine deux visages, L'Allemande, La Tambourin, L'Allemande No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1741 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Lover's Opera, Indian Dance, Blow Blow, L'Allemande, La Tambourine, See from the Silent Groves No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1741 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The King and Miller of Mansfield No No No £120 100% N/A
20 Oct 1741 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1741 Drury Lane Hamlet, Les Matelotes, Le Genereux Corsaire No No No £108 100% N/A
31 Dec 1741 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Fortune Tellers, Happy Pair, Dutch Dance, Early Horn, Matelote Polonnes Yes No No £70 N/A N/A
26 Jan 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, Harlequin Shipwrecked, Happy Pair, Concerto, The Italian Peasants No No No £50 N/A N/A
18 Feb 1742 Covent Garden Hamlet, Chacone, La Provencale, Saraband No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto, The Italian Peasants Yes No Yes £140 N/A N/A
03 May 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, The King and Miller of Mansfield, Bumper Squire Jones, New Scots Dance, New Comic Dance, Running Footman's Dance No No Yes £70 N/A N/A
20 May 1742 Covent Garden Hamlet, Scots Dance, Rural Assembly, La Provencale, Les Savoyardes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1742 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Grand Ballet, Dutch Skipper, Tambourine, The Character of Dancing No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Concerto, Grand Serious Ballet No Yes No £137 15s N/A N/A
18 Nov 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, La Mascarade, Turkish Seraglio No No No £157 1s N/A N/A
20 Nov 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, Concerto, La Mascarade, Turkish Seraglio No No No £156 8s 6d N/A N/A
23 Nov 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, Concerto on violoncello No No No £144 11s N/A N/A
25 Nov 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, Grand Comic Dance, Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie No Yes No £142 16s N/A N/A
29 Nov 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, Tyrolean Dance No No No £147 11s 6d N/A N/A
02 Dec 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, Concerto No No No £144 15s 6d N/A N/A
04 Dec 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet No No No £110 16s N/A N/A
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