King Lear (1608)

Author
William Shakespeare
Author
Nahum Tate (1681)
Author
George Colman, the elder (1768)
Author
David Garrick (1756)
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
£31,384 15s £15,130 10s 6d (48.2%) £16,254 4s 6d (51.8%)
1732 - 1809
£31,384 15s - (100%) £15,130 10s 6d (48.2%) £16,254 4s 6d (51.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
258 133 125
1732 - 1809
258 133 125
Notes
Nahum Tate's 1681 infamous 'happy ending' adaptation dominated this period. David Garrick (1756) and George Colman (1768) introduced later adaptations closer to the original Shakespeare version..
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
01 Jun 1807 Covent Garden King Lear, Mother Goose No No No £269 11s 70% N/A
18 May 1808 Covent Garden King Lear, The Day After the Wedding; or A Wife's First Lesson, ballet, Raymond and Agnes; or The Bleeding Nun No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1808 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin and Mother Goose No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1808 Covent Garden King Lear, Raymond and Agnes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Jun 1808 Covent Garden King Lear, Oscar and Malvina No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Feb 1809 Covent Garden King Lear, De la Perouse No No No £263 6s 40% N/A
27 Feb 1809 Covent Garden King Lear, De la Perouse No No No £232 18s 6d 100% N/A
06 Mar 1809 Covent Garden King Lear, De la Perouse No No No £242 5s 100% N/A
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