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 %
13 Dec 1742 Drury Lane King Lear, New concerto No No No £124 14s N/A N/A
15 Dec 1742 Covent Garden The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters, Dutch Skipper, Comic Dance, Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1742 Covent Garden King Lear, Tambourine, Characters of Dancing, Dutch Skipper, La Provencale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1743 Drury Lane King Lear, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto on German flute No No No £113 11s 6d N/A N/A
17 Jan 1743 Covent Garden King Lear, Dutch Skipper, Le Rendezvous Gallant, Les Savoyards No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1743 Drury Lane King Lear, Concerto on German flute No No No £147 8s 6d N/A N/A
08 Feb 1743 Covent Garden King Lear, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1743 Drury Lane King Lear, The Devil to Pay No No No £127 6d N/A N/A
28 Apr 1743 Covent Garden King Lear, The Rape of Proserpine, Ball Dance, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1743 Drury Lane The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters, The School Boy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Dec 1743 Drury Lane The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Lawyer's Feast No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Dec 1743 Covent Garden The True And Antient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1743 Drury Lane King Lear No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1744 Drury Lane King Lear, The Amorous Goddess Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Mar 1744 Drury Lane King Lear, The Amorous Goddess No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1744 Drury Lane King Lear, The Amorous Goddess No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 May 1744 Drury Lane King Lear, The Amorous Goddess Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1744 Drury Lane The True And Antient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters, Columbine Courtezan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Dec 1744 Drury Lane King Lear, Harlequin Shipwrecked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Dec 1744 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Jan 1745 Drury Lane King Lear, Temple of Dulness No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1745 Drury Lane King Lear, The Anatomist Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jun 1746 Covent Garden The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Oct 1746 Covent Garden The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £190 6s N/A N/A
04 Dec 1746 Covent Garden King Lear No Yes No £137 17s 6d 71% N/A
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