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 %
31 Dec 1762 Drury Lane King Lear, Polly Honeycomb No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1763 Drury Lane King Lear, Polly Honeycomb No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1763 Drury Lane King Lear, Polly Honeycomb Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1764 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Citizen, Hornpipe, Hippisley's Drunken Man, The Calabrian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1764 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, Thomas and Sally Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1764 Covent Garden King Lear, The Englishman in Paris, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1764 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin Sorcerer, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1764 Covent Garden King Lear, Perseus and Andromeda, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, The Musical Lady No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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