Theatronomics

King Lear (1608)

Work Type

Mainpiece

Genre

Tragedy

Performance Medium

Spoken Drama

Associated work receipts	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

Covent Garden

Drury Lane

Mainpiece/afterpieces

Show mainpieces/afterpieces only

Years

1732

1809

Most common pairings

Dates	Theatre	Performances	Requested	Commands	Benefit	Revenue	Available Revenue %	Capacity %
02 Feb 1773	Drury Lane	King Lear, The Wedding Ring	No	No	No	£218 16s	54%	N/A
17 Feb 1773	Drury Lane	King Lear, The Musical Lady	No	No	No	£286 8s	57%	N/A
19 Feb 1773	Drury Lane	King Lear, A Trip to Scotland	No	No	No	£284 12s 6d	55%	N/A
08 May 1773	Covent Garden	King Lear, The Grumbler, The Whim	No	No	Yes	£153 6s 6d	63%	N/A
26 May 1773	Drury Lane	King Lear, The Wedding Ring, The Irish Fair	No	No	Yes	£304 11s 6d	56%	N/A
12 Mar 1774	Drury Lane	King Lear, The Irish Widow, The Mountaineers, The Irish Fair	No	No	Yes	£271	42%	N/A
25 Apr 1774	Drury Lane	King Lear, The Swindlers, The Irish Fair	No	No	Yes	£203 7s	60%	N/A
17 May 1774	Drury Lane	King Lear, Neck or Nothing, The Sailors' Revels	No	No	Yes	£301 6s 6d	67%	N/A
24 Nov 1774	Covent Garden	King Lear, The Golden Pippin	Yes	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
26 Nov 1774	Covent Garden	King Lear, The Padlock, The Vintage Festival	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A

Performances

Commands

Drury Lane

King Lear, The Wedding Ring