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 %
21 Feb 1770 Drury Lane King Lear, The King and Miller of Mansfield No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Mar 1770 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lyar No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Mar 1770 Drury Lane King Lear, Miss in Her Teens No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1770 Covent Garden King Lear, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1770 Drury Lane King Lear, The Elopement No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Jan 1771 Covent Garden King Lear, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1771 Drury Lane King Lear, The Institution of the Garter No No No £142 13s 6d 41% N/A
30 Dec 1771 Covent Garden King Lear, Mother Shipton No No No £200 8s 48% N/A
21 May 1772 Covent Garden King Lear, The Padlock, Minuet, The Wapping Landlady, Fingalian Dance, Sixfold Hornpipe No No Yes £203 8s 20% N/A
25 Jan 1773 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £189 47% N/A
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