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 %
07 Apr 1758 Covent Garden King Lear, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Judgment of Paris No No Yes £217 16s N/A N/A
25 Oct 1758 Drury Lane King Lear, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £207 13s 6d 74% N/A
10 Nov 1759 Drury Lane King Lear, The Anatomist No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1759 Drury Lane King Lear, The Mock Doctor Yes No No £190 57% N/A
28 Nov 1759 Drury Lane King Lear, The Mock Doctor Yes No No £120 51% N/A
05 Jan 1760 Drury Lane King Lear No Yes No £200 47% N/A
28 May 1761 Drury Lane King Lear, The Enchanter No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1761 Drury Lane King Lear, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1762 Drury Lane King Lear, The Intriguing Chambermaid Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1762 Drury Lane King Lear, The Spring Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1762 Drury Lane King Lear, Polly Honeycomb No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1763 Drury Lane King Lear, Polly Honeycomb No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1763 Drury Lane King Lear, Polly Honeycomb Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1764 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Citizen, Hornpipe, Hippisley's Drunken Man, The Calabrian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1764 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, Thomas and Sally Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1764 Covent Garden King Lear, The Englishman in Paris, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1764 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin Sorcerer, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1764 Covent Garden King Lear, Perseus and Andromeda, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, The Musical Lady No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1765 Covent Garden King Lear, Thomas and Sally, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, The Deuce Is in Him No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, The Old Maid No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1765 Covent Garden King Lear, The Citizen, Rural Love Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, The Capricious Lovers, The Irish Milkmaids, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, The Fairy Tale, The Medley Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1765 Covent Garden King Lear, The Spanish Lady, The Jealous Woodcutter No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, The Witches No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1765 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, Lethe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, Daphne and Amintor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, Harlequin's Invasion Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1765 Covent Garden King Lear, The Apprentice, Rural Love No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1766 Drury Lane King Lear, The Hermit No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1766 Covent Garden King Lear, Midas No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1766 Drury Lane King Lear, Daphne and Amintor, The Irish Lilt, The Cries of London, Tombs of Westminster Abbey No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1766 Covent Garden King Lear, The Citizen, The Venetian Gardeners, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1766 Drury Lane King Lear, The Musical Lady, Bucks Have at ye All, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1766 Drury Lane King Lear, Queen Mab Yes No No £157 1s 48% N/A
19 Nov 1766 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £177 11s 57% N/A
24 Nov 1766 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £185 19s 55% N/A
19 Jan 1767 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £221 3s 6d 55% N/A
09 Mar 1767 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £187 8s 6d 48% N/A
23 Apr 1767 Drury Lane King Lear, Flora, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1767 Covent Garden King Lear, Catherine and Petruchio, Hornpipe, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe, The Female Archer No No Yes £183 10s N/A N/A
20 May 1767 Drury Lane King Lear, The Register Office, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £29 6s N/A N/A
21 Oct 1767 Drury Lane King Lear, High Life below Stairs, The Irish Haymakers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1767 Drury Lane King Lear, A Peep behind the Curtain No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Feb 1768 Covent Garden King Lear (Colman's Alteration), The Oxonian in Town No No No £237 14s N/A N/A
07 Mar 1768 Covent Garden King Lear, The Oxonian in Town, The Highland Reel No No Yes £280 4s N/A N/A
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