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 %
18 Feb 1754 Drury Lane King Lear, A Duke and no Duke Yes No Yes £230 N/A N/A
04 Mar 1755 Drury Lane King Lear, The Intriguing Chambermaid Yes No Yes £220 N/A N/A
11 Mar 1755 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lying Valet No No No £200 N/A N/A
23 May 1755 Drury Lane King Lear, The Anatomist Yes No No £180 100% N/A
04 Dec 1755 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lying Valet No No No £210 N/A N/A
09 Dec 1755 Drury Lane King Lear, The Anatomist Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
12 Feb 1756 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lying Valet Yes No No £210 N/A N/A
26 Feb 1756 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Feb 1756 Covent Garden King Lear, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Mar 1756 Covent Garden King Lear, The School Boy, Les Statues Animees No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Mar 1756 Covent Garden King Lear, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1756 Covent Garden King Lear, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Mar 1756 Covent Garden King Lear, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1756 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lying Valet, The Indian Peasants Yes No No £190 N/A N/A
15 Oct 1756 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Englishman Returned from Paris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1756 Drury Lane King Lear, The Anatomist No No No £200 N/A N/A
30 Oct 1756 Drury Lane King Lear, The Chaplet No No No £200 N/A N/A
01 Mar 1757 Covent Garden King Lear, The Englishman Returned from Paris No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1757 Covent Garden King Lear, The Honest Yorkshireman No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1757 Drury Lane King Lear, The Anatomist No No No £210 73% N/A
12 Nov 1757 Drury Lane King Lear, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £200 77% N/A
17 Nov 1757 Drury Lane King Lear, The Italian Peasants Yes No No £180 65% N/A
05 Dec 1757 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Virgin Unmasked, Jovial Coopers No No No £203 8s 6d 56% N/A
10 Jan 1758 Covent Garden King Lear, The Contrivances, Fingalian Dance No No No £109 9s 6d 44% N/A
18 Feb 1758 Covent Garden King Lear, The Contrivances, Jovial Coopers No No No £112 13s 6d 36% N/A
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