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 Nov 1795 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Lord Mayor's Day, Elegy, Solemn Dirge No No No £158 3s 30% N/A
25 Apr 1796 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Sultan, Dirge No No Yes £658 19s 6d 62% N/A
28 Apr 1796 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Prize, Dirge No No No £231 8s 56% N/A
17 May 1796 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Netley Abbey, Minuet de la Cour, Solemn Dirge, Allemande, Blackey'd Susan, My Mother Had a Maid Called Barbara, Old Towler No No Yes £287 12s 41% N/A
20 May 1796 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Follies of a Day, Dirge No No Yes £155 9s N/A N/A
19 Sep 1796 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Highland Reel, Solemn Dirge No No No £230 14s 100% N/A
27 Oct 1796 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Harlequin's Treasure, Elegy, Solemn Dirge No No No £172 7s 44% N/A
30 Dec 1796 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, Robinson Crusoe No No No £155 4s 41% N/A
02 Nov 1797 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Harlequin and Oberon, Solemn Dirge No No No £197 3s 6d 55% N/A
06 Nov 1797 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Harlequin and Oberon, Solemn Dirge No No No £235 12s 55% N/A
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