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 %
20 Oct 1788 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Farmer, Solemn Dirge No No No £197 14s 6d 56% N/A
03 Nov 1788 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Marian, Solemn Dirge No No No £191 12s 6d 61% N/A
17 Nov 1788 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, Selima and Azor, Dirge No No No £157 19s 6d 41% N/A
18 Nov 1788 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Doctor and the Apothecary, Dirge No No No £111 11s 33% N/A
22 Dec 1788 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Marian, Solemn Dirge No No No £140 19s 39% N/A
11 May 1789 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Toy Shop, Dirge No No Yes £320 6s 6d N/A N/A
14 Sep 1789 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Farmer, Solemn Dirge No No No £255 6s 100% N/A
21 Sep 1789 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Death of Captain Cook, Solemn Dirge No No No £229 19s 6d 100% N/A
09 Nov 1789 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Highland Reel, Dirge No No No £225 3s 6d 58% N/A
07 Dec 1789 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Death of Captain Cook, Solemn Dirge No No No £167 6s 50% N/A
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