Romeo and Juliet (1597)

Author
William Shakespeare
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
£58,335 13s 6d £33,344 15s 6d (57.2%) £24,990 18s (42.8%)
1732 - 1809
£58,335 13s 6d - (100%) £33,344 15s 6d (57.2%) £24,990 18s (42.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
482 304 178
1732 - 1809
482 304 178
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
23 May 1778 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £182 18s 6d 31% N/A
26 Oct 1778 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Medley, Minuet, Solemn Dirge No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1778 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Medley, Minuet, Solemn Dirge No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1779 Covent Garden Annette And Lubin, Romeo and Juliet, The Touchstone, Minuet, Solemn Dirge No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1779 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Plymouth In An Uproar, Minuet, Solemn Dirge No No No £111 8s 36% N/A
27 Dec 1779 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Camp, Masquerade Dance No No No £162 2s 46% N/A
01 May 1781 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Critic, Masquerade Dance No No Yes £92 19s N/A N/A
24 Sep 1781 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Marriage Act, Minuet, Solemn Dirge No No No £208 8s 100% N/A
01 Oct 1781 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Harlequin Free Mason, Solemn Dirge No No No £224 6d 100% N/A
08 Oct 1781 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Harlequin Free Mason, Solemn Dirge No No No £220 1s 6d 100% N/A
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