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 %
23 Nov 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, Concerto on violoncello No No No £144 11s N/A N/A
25 Nov 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, Grand Comic Dance, Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie No Yes No £142 16s N/A N/A
29 Nov 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, Tyrolean Dance No No No £147 11s 6d N/A N/A
02 Dec 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, Concerto No No No £144 15s 6d N/A N/A
04 Dec 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet No No No £110 16s N/A N/A
10 Dec 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, New concerto No No No £126 10s N/A N/A
30 Dec 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet, Concerto on violoncello No No No £138 9s N/A N/A
05 Jan 1743 Drury Lane Hamlet, Concerto on violoncello No Yes No £148 1s N/A N/A
13 Jan 1743 Drury Lane Hamlet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Jan 1743 Drury Lane Hamlet, Concerto on German flute Yes No No £137 18s N/A N/A
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