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 %
15 Oct 1781 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Harlequin Free Mason, Solemn Dirge No No No £150 10s 6d 50% N/A
12 Nov 1781 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Poor Vulcan, Solemn Dirge No No No £112 5s 6d 40% N/A
25 Apr 1782 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, Robinson Crusoe, Minuet, Masquerade Dance No No No £123 19s 6d N/A N/A
07 Oct 1782 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Retaliation, Minuet, Solemn Dirge No No No £223 8s 6d 70% N/A
26 Dec 1782 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Lord Mayor's Day, Masquerade scene, Solemn Dirge, Minuet No No No £185 11s 6d 45% N/A
22 Sep 1783 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Choice of Harlequin or The Indian Chief, Masquerade, Dirge, Minuet No No No £261 9s 6d 100% N/A
27 Oct 1783 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Rival Knights, Rosina, Masquerade, Minuet, Dirge No No No £173 4s 6d 40% N/A
19 Jan 1784 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Rival Knights, The Positive Man, Minuet, Dirge No No No £174 10s 6d 41% N/A
12 Apr 1784 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Rival Knights, The Poor Soldier, Minuet, Dirge No No No £186 18s 6d 56% N/A
25 Oct 1784 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Musical Lady, Solemn Dirge No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1784 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Poor Soldier, Solemn Dirge No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1784 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Aerostation, Solemn Dirge No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Nov 1784 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Aerostation, Solemn Dirge No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1784 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Poor Soldier, Solemn Dirge No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1784 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Poor Soldier, Solemn Dirge No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1784 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Rosina, Solemn Dirge No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1784 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Positive Man, Solemn Dirge No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1784 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Magic Cavern, Solemn Dirge No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Jan 1785 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Magic Cavern, Solemn Dirge No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Mar 1785 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Magic Cavern, Solemn Dirge No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1785 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Land of Enchantment, Barataria, Solemn Dirge No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1785 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Nunnery, Solemn Dirge No No No £326 9s 6d 75% N/A
17 Nov 1785 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Nunnery, Solemn Dirge No No No £289 18s 6d 76% N/A
21 Nov 1785 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Tom Thumb, Solemn Dirge No No No £247 12s 6d 59% N/A
25 Nov 1785 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Poor Soldier, Solemn Dirge No No No £239 13s 52% N/A
28 Nov 1785 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Midas, Solemn Dirge No No No £204 11s 55% N/A
19 Dec 1785 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Fool, Solemn Dirge No No No £234 16s 53% N/A
23 Jan 1786 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Omai, Solemn Dirge No No No £228 17s 48% N/A
20 Feb 1786 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Love in a Camp, Solemn Dirge No No No £206 9s 43% N/A
17 Apr 1786 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Omai, Solemn Dirge No No No £207 5s 62% N/A
23 Oct 1786 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Richard Coeur de Lion, Solemn Dirge No No No £200 17s 6d 53% N/A
11 Dec 1786 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Barataria, Solemn Dirge No No No £172 16s 6d 43% N/A
29 Jan 1787 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Enchanted Castle, Solemn Dirge No No No £243 14s 6d 59% N/A
24 Sep 1787 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Midas, Solemn Dirge No No No £220 8s 6d 100% N/A
12 Nov 1787 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Enchanted Castle, Solemn Dirge No No No £154 3s 46% N/A
07 Jan 1788 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Dumb Cake, Solemn Dirge No No No £152 15s 52% N/A
22 Sep 1788 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Love in a Camp or Patrick in Prussia, Solemn Dirge No No No £304 13s 100% N/A
29 Sep 1788 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Deserter, Solemn Dirge No No No £291 18s 6d 100% N/A
06 Oct 1788 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Farmer, Solemn Dirge No No No £238 13s 6d 55% N/A
13 Oct 1788 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Rosina, Solemn Dirge No No No £251 12s 6d 54% N/A
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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