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 %
31 Dec 1741 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Fortune Tellers, Happy Pair, Dutch Dance, Early Horn, Matelote Polonnes Yes No No £70 N/A N/A
26 Jan 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, Harlequin Shipwrecked, Happy Pair, Concerto, The Italian Peasants No No No £50 N/A N/A
18 Feb 1742 Covent Garden Hamlet, Chacone, La Provencale, Saraband No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto, The Italian Peasants Yes No Yes £140 N/A N/A
03 May 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, The King and Miller of Mansfield, Bumper Squire Jones, New Scots Dance, New Comic Dance, Running Footman's Dance No No Yes £70 N/A N/A
20 May 1742 Covent Garden Hamlet, Scots Dance, Rural Assembly, La Provencale, Les Savoyardes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1742 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Grand Ballet, Dutch Skipper, Tambourine, The Character of Dancing No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Concerto, Grand Serious Ballet No Yes No £137 15s N/A N/A
18 Nov 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, La Mascarade, Turkish Seraglio No No No £157 1s N/A N/A
20 Nov 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, Concerto, La Mascarade, Turkish Seraglio No No No £156 8s 6d N/A N/A
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