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 %
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
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