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
£74,435 7s £26,865 8s (36.1%) £47,569 19s (63.9%)
1732 - 1809
£74,435 7s - (100%) £26,865 8s (36.1%) £47,569 19s (63.9%)
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 %
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
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