Henry VIII (1623)

Author
William Shakespeare
Author
John Fletcher
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
History
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
£23,871 17s 2d £12,727 8d (53.3%) £11,144 16s 6d (46.7%)
1732 - 1809
£23,871 17s 2d - (100%) £12,727 8d (53.3%) £11,144 16s 6d (46.7%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
206 88 118
1732 - 1809
206 88 118
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
20 Dec 1739 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, The Harlots Progress Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1740 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, Harlequin Grand Volgi Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1740 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, The Tragedy of Tragedies, Mary Scot, Russian Sailor, Drunken Peasant, Les Characteres de la Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 May 1740 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, The Miller of Mansfield No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1740 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, Robin Goodfellow, Grand Ballet, Shepherds and Shepherdesses No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1741 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, The Devil to Pay, Shepherds and Shepherdesses, Blow Blow Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1741 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, La Tambourine, Les Egyptiens, Les Jardiniers Suedois, Serious Ballet No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1742 Drury Lane Henry VIII, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto, Bumper Squire Jones, Le Boufon, The Drunken Peasant No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
24 Jan 1744 Covent Garden King Henry VIII No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1744 Covent Garden King Henry VIII No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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