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 %
08 Apr 1768 Drury Lane King Lear, Thomas and Sally, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1768 Covent Garden King Lear, Amelia, The Highland Reel No No No £109 7s N/A N/A
17 Nov 1768 Covent Garden King Lear, The Citizen, The Lamplighters No No No £198 17s 6d N/A N/A
20 Dec 1768 Covent Garden King Lear, The Oxonian in Town No No Yes £184 18s N/A N/A
11 Jan 1769 Covent Garden King Lear, Apollo and Daphne No No No £227 14s N/A N/A
21 Jan 1769 Covent Garden King Lear, Apollo and Daphne Yes No No £241 6s N/A N/A
12 Apr 1769 Covent Garden King Lear, Lethe, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £244 12s 6d N/A N/A
01 May 1769 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin Dr Faustus, The Cries of London, Journey to Paris No No Yes £186 6s 6d N/A N/A
07 Oct 1769 Drury Lane King Lear, Queen Mab No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1770 Drury Lane King Lear, A Trip to Scotland No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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