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 %
28 Sep 1778 Covent Garden King Lear, Poor Vulcan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1778 Covent Garden King Lear, The Medley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1778 Covent Garden King Lear, The Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1779 Drury Lane King Lear, High Life below Stairs No No Yes £259 9s N/A N/A
14 Apr 1779 Drury Lane King Lear, The Camp No No Yes £210 14s N/A N/A
04 May 1779 Drury Lane King Lear, The Quaker No No Yes £194 13s N/A N/A
19 Nov 1779 Covent Garden King Lear, William And Nanny No No No £124 4s 60% N/A
03 Jan 1780 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin Every where No No No £189 2s 48% N/A
21 Feb 1780 Covent Garden King Lear, Comus No No No £230 13s 58% N/A
27 Dec 1780 Covent Garden King Lear, St. Patrick's Day No No No £171 19s 43% N/A
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