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 Jan 1749 Drury Lane Hamlet, Lethe No No No £108 15s N/A N/A
29 Mar 1749 Drury Lane Hamlet, Tit for Tat Yes No Yes £275 N/A N/A
27 Sep 1749 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Devil to Pay No No No £77 8s 6d 100% N/A
03 Oct 1749 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Miss in Her Teens Yes No No £170 100% N/A
27 Oct 1749 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £160 76% N/A
20 Nov 1749 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Savoyard Travellers No No No £144 12s 6d 100% N/A
15 Dec 1749 Covent Garden Hamlet, Perseus and Andromeda No Yes No £53 9s 6d 35% N/A
03 Jan 1750 Drury Lane Hamlet, Savoyard Travellers No No No £102 6s 6d 46% N/A
15 Feb 1750 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Fair No No No £165 10s N/A N/A
15 Mar 1750 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Rehearsal or Bayes in Petticoats No No Yes £240 N/A N/A
19 Apr 1750 Drury Lane Hamlet, The School Boy, The Swedish Gardeners No No Yes £133 9s 53% N/A
25 Sep 1750 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist No No No £180 100% N/A
25 Oct 1750 Covent Garden Hamlet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Nov 1750 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist No No No £120 N/A N/A
11 Dec 1750 Covent Garden Hamlet, The What Dye Call It Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1751 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Dragon of Wantly, The Gondoliers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1751 Drury Lane Hamlet, Lethe No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
17 May 1751 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Chaplet No No No £200 N/A N/A
18 Sep 1751 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £210 100% N/A
11 Oct 1751 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Devil to Pay, Pigmalion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Devil to Pay No No No £130 N/A N/A
04 Jan 1752 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1752 Drury Lane Hamlet, Queen Mab No Yes No £200 N/A N/A
10 Apr 1752 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Oracle, Grand Comic Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1752 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Oracle, Grand Comic Ballet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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