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 %
15 Feb 1790 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £182 6d 45% N/A
19 Apr 1790 Covent Garden King Lear, Rosina No No No £182 6s 6d 44% N/A
11 Oct 1790 Covent Garden King Lear, The Provocation No No No £218 4s 52% N/A
22 Nov 1790 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin's Chaplet Yes No No £209 7s 6d 49% N/A
10 Jan 1791 Covent Garden King Lear, The Picture of Paris No No No £213 12s 6d N/A N/A
04 Nov 1791 Covent Garden King Lear, Oscar and Malvina No No No £138 17s 6d 41% N/A
06 Mar 1792 Drury Lane King Lear, The Deserter No No No £350 9s 6d 67% N/A
16 Feb 1793 Drury Lane King Lear, The Cheats of Scapin No No No £183 13s 36% N/A
06 Jan 1794 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, Harlequin And Faustus No No No £297 16s 100% N/A
20 Jan 1794 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin And Faustus No No No £383 8s 100% N/A
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