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 %
28 Apr 1770 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Guardian, The Whim No No Yes £186 13s 6d N/A N/A
08 May 1770 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Padlock Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1770 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, Harlequin's Invasion Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1770 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Elopement Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1771 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 May 1771 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Ladies' Frolick, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 May 1771 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Commissary, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1771 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, Harlequin's Invasion Yes No No £203 1s 6d 100% N/A
25 Oct 1771 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Midas Yes No No £146 12s 6d 55% N/A
17 Dec 1771 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Catherine and Petruchio, True Blue No No Yes £138 14s N/A N/A
24 Feb 1772 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Mother Shipton with Alterations No No No £236 15s 6d 50% N/A
16 Mar 1772 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Mother Shipton No No No £201 4s N/A N/A
02 May 1772 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Spanish Lady, True Blue No No Yes £151 16s 6d 59% N/A
01 Oct 1772 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £208 13s 47% N/A
03 Oct 1772 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Witches or A Trip to Naples No No No £162 13s 6d 100% N/A
10 Oct 1772 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Institution of the Garter Yes No No £199 5s 100% N/A
02 Nov 1772 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Mother Shipton No No No £163 18s 49% N/A
01 Jan 1773 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £172 10s 55% N/A
17 May 1773 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Harlequin Sorcerer No No Yes £234 10s 6d 63% N/A
25 Oct 1773 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Midas No No No £140 11s 6d 47% N/A
13 Dec 1773 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Golden Pippin No No No £106 4s 35% N/A
09 Feb 1774 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Sylphs No No No £166 12s 45% N/A
13 Oct 1774 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Sylphs Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1775 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, St Patrick's Day or The Scheming Lieutenant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1775 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, St Patrick's Day No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1775 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Cross Purposes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1775 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Orpheus and Eurydice Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Dec 1775 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Prometheus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1776 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No Yes £29 9s N/A N/A
07 Oct 1776 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Comus, Masquerade, Solemn Dirge, Minuet, Sweet Echo No No No £302 17s 6d 100% N/A
14 Oct 1776 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Comus, Sweet Echo No No No £281 15s 100% N/A
21 Oct 1776 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Golden Pippin No No No £257 2s 100% N/A
08 Nov 1776 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Citizen No No No £87 18s 32% N/A
10 Dec 1776 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, Selima and Azor No No No £170 8s 56% N/A
12 Dec 1776 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, Selima and Azor, The Triumph of Love No No No £139 11s 6d 54% N/A
21 Dec 1776 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, Selima and Azor No No No £128 33% N/A
27 Dec 1776 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, A Christmas Tale No No No £131 17s 6d 35% N/A
29 Sep 1777 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Apprentice, Masquerade Scene, Solemn Dirge, Minuet No No No £174 5s 100% N/A
12 Jan 1778 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Norwood Gypsies, Minuet, Solemn Dirge No No No £174 19s 54% N/A
23 Feb 1778 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Mother Shipton, Minuet, Solemn Dirge No No No £199 10s 6d 42% N/A
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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