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 %
05 Feb 1743 Drury Lane Hamlet, Concerto on German flute Yes No No £140 18s N/A N/A
05 Mar 1743 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Italian Gardeners, Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie No No No £114 18s N/A N/A
09 May 1743 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Happy Lovers, Characters of Dancing, Grand Comic Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1743 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Nov 1743 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Devil to Pay, Les Paisons Moisonneurs, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Dec 1743 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Serious Ballet, Les Paisons Moisonneurs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1743 Drury Lane Hamlet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1743 Drury Lane Hamlet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Feb 1744 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Amorous Goddess Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Mar 1744 Drury Lane Hamlet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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