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 %
31 Jan 1794 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin And Faustus No No No £242 2s 6d 100% N/A
21 Apr 1794 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin And Faustus No No No £316 5s 6d 33% N/A
12 May 1794 Covent Garden British Fortitude And Hibernian Friendship, King Lear, Netley Abbey No No No £141 10s 23% N/A
19 Jan 1795 Covent Garden King Lear, Mago and Dago No No No £176 3s 6d 40% N/A
17 Feb 1795 Covent Garden King Lear, Crotchet Lodge No No No £108 14s 6d 24% N/A
28 Sep 1795 Covent Garden King Lear, Rosina No No No £271 17s 6d 100% N/A
20 Nov 1795 Drury Lane King Lear, The Village Lawyer No No No £214 19s 6d 56% N/A
25 Apr 1796 Covent Garden King Lear, The Doldrum No No No £234 4s 38% N/A
10 Oct 1796 Covent Garden King Lear, The Wicklow Mountains No No No £158 1s 36% N/A
20 Nov 1797 Covent Garden King Lear, Barataria or Sancho Turned Governor No No No £192 16s 50% N/A
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