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 Feb 1776 Covent Garden King Lear, The Deuce Is in Him, The Frolick No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Mar 1776 Covent Garden King Lear, Catherine and Petruchio, The Italian Gamesters Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1776 Drury Lane King Lear, The Spleen No No No £308 1s N/A N/A
21 May 1776 Drury Lane King Lear, The Deuce Is in Him No No No £309 13s 6d N/A N/A
08 Jun 1776 Drury Lane King Lear, The Devil to Pay No No No £307 9s 6d 100% N/A
06 Oct 1777 Covent Garden King Lear, The Royal Chace, The Humours of New-Market, The Poney Races No No No £203 9s 6d 100% N/A
13 Oct 1777 Covent Garden King Lear, The Apprentice, The Humours of New-Market, The Poney Races No No No £212 14s 100% N/A
10 Nov 1777 Covent Garden King Lear, Comus No No No £167 2s 6d 49% N/A
29 Dec 1777 Covent Garden King Lear, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £183 2s 51% N/A
05 Feb 1778 Covent Garden King Lear, Poor Vulcan No No No £201 3s 6d 59% N/A
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