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 %
23 Oct 1752 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Double Disappointment No No No £160 N/A N/A
17 Nov 1752 Drury Lane Hamlet, Lethe No No No £170 N/A N/A
28 Nov 1752 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Fair No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1752 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Double Disappointment No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
02 Apr 1753 Covent Garden Hamlet, Flora, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1753 Drury Lane Hamlet, Scapin, Scots Dance, Minuet No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
16 Oct 1753 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist No No No £190 N/A N/A
30 Oct 1753 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Lottery, Comic Ballet, Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1754 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
05 Mar 1754 Covent Garden Hamlet, Harlequin Sorcerer Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1754 Covent Garden Hamlet, Miss in Her Teens, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Oct 1754 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark No No No £180 N/A N/A
24 Oct 1754 Covent Garden Hamlet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1754 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Lying Valet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1755 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Cheats of Scapin Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Mar 1755 Covent Garden Hamlet, Orpheus and Eurydice Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Mar 1755 Drury Lane Hamlet, Marplot in Lisbon No No Yes £300 N/A N/A
04 Apr 1755 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Lying Valet, Comic Entertainment Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1755 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Double Disappointment, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1755 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark No No No £180 100% N/A
12 Nov 1755 Covent Garden Hamlet, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Dec 1755 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist No No No £180 N/A N/A
14 Feb 1756 Drury Lane Hamlet, Lethe, New Comic Dance No No Yes £212 N/A N/A
08 Mar 1756 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Englishman Returnd from Paris, Les Statues Animees No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1756 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Tanner of York, Les Statues Animees No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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