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 %
10 Dec 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, New concerto No No No £126 10s N/A N/A
30 Dec 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, Concerto on violoncello No No No £138 9s N/A N/A
05 Jan 1743 Drury Lane Hamlet, Concerto on violoncello No Yes No £148 1s N/A N/A
13 Jan 1743 Drury Lane Hamlet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Jan 1743 Drury Lane Hamlet, Concerto on German flute Yes No No £137 18s N/A N/A
05 Feb 1743 Drury Lane Hamlet, Concerto on German flute Yes No No £140 18s N/A N/A
05 Mar 1743 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Italian Gardeners, Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie No No No £114 18s N/A N/A
09 May 1743 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Happy Lovers, Characters of Dancing, Grand Comic Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1743 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Nov 1743 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Devil to Pay, Les Paisons Moisonneurs, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Dec 1743 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Serious Ballet, Les Paisons Moisonneurs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1743 Drury Lane Hamlet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1743 Drury Lane Hamlet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Feb 1744 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Amorous Goddess Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Mar 1744 Drury Lane Hamlet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1744 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Amorous Goddess No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1744 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1744 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1744 Drury Lane Hamlet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1744 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Amorous Goddess No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1744 Drury Lane Hamlet, Robin Goodfellow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Dec 1744 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1745 Drury Lane Hamlet, Harlequin Shipwrecked Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1745 Drury Lane Hamlet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1745 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Mock Doctor, Comic Dance, Ellen a Roon, Le Gondalier Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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