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 %
24 Jan 1788 Drury Lane King Lear, High Life below Stairs No No No £233 7s 47% N/A
29 Jan 1788 Drury Lane King Lear, Selima and Azor No No No £220 10s 57% N/A
01 Mar 1788 Drury Lane King Lear, Selima and Azor No No No £248 6s 6d 48% N/A
08 Mar 1788 Drury Lane King Lear, The Deserter No No No £195 18s 46% N/A
15 May 1788 Drury Lane King Lear, Richard Coeur de Lion No No Yes £258 2s 6d 85% N/A
23 Nov 1789 Covent Garden King Lear, Tom Thumb No No No £215 8s 6d 56% N/A
04 Jan 1790 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £269 8s 6d 62% N/A
11 Jan 1790 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £247 5s 6d 54% N/A
18 Jan 1790 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £224 13s 6d 52% N/A
01 Feb 1790 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £235 5s 6d 54% N/A
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