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 %
22 Oct 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, Daphne and Amintor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, Harlequin's Invasion Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1765 Covent Garden King Lear, The Apprentice, Rural Love No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1766 Drury Lane King Lear, The Hermit No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1766 Covent Garden King Lear, Midas No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1766 Drury Lane King Lear, Daphne and Amintor, The Irish Lilt, The Cries of London, Tombs of Westminster Abbey No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1766 Covent Garden King Lear, The Citizen, The Venetian Gardeners, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1766 Drury Lane King Lear, The Musical Lady, Bucks Have at ye All, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1766 Drury Lane King Lear, Queen Mab Yes No No £157 1s 48% N/A
19 Nov 1766 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £177 11s 57% N/A
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