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 %
13 Nov 1797 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, An Escape into Prison, Solemn Dirge No No No £268 4s 43% N/A
19 Dec 1797 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Britain's Brave Tars, Solemn Dirge No No No £289 17s 51% N/A
01 Jan 1798 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Harlequin and Quixotte, Solemn Dirge No No No £285 11s 6d 52% N/A
08 Jan 1798 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Harlequin and Quixotte, Solemn Dirge No No No £298 4s 6d 47% N/A
22 Jan 1798 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Harlequin and Quixotte, Solemn Dirge No No No £277 14s 39% N/A
29 Jan 1798 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Harlequin and Quixotte, Solemn Dirge No No No £188 14s 6d 30% N/A
12 Mar 1798 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Joan of Arc, Solemn Dirge, Harp No No No £167 3s 6d 29% N/A
07 May 1798 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Cymon, Solemn Dirge No No No £100 17s 24% N/A
08 Oct 1798 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Robin Hood, Solemn Dirge No No No £179 6d 44% N/A
10 May 1799 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Paradox, Lovers' Quarrels, Tomorrow; Or, the Mars, Capt. Connor, A Touch at Old Times, Dirge, In My Father's Mud Cabin No No Yes £263 6d 36% N/A
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