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 %
30 Oct 1747 Drury Lane King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Intriguing Chambermaid Yes No No £182 12s 6d 100% N/A
14 Nov 1747 Drury Lane King Lear, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £174 9s 6d N/A N/A
23 Dec 1747 Drury Lane King Lear, The Devil to Pay, New Tambourine Yes No No £179 14s N/A N/A
01 Mar 1748 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lying Valet No No No £193 16s 100% N/A
23 Apr 1748 Drury Lane King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Double Disappointment No No Yes £208 1s N/A N/A
03 Oct 1748 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1748 Covent Garden King Lear Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1748 Drury Lane King Lear, The School Boy No No No £180 15s 100% N/A
26 Oct 1748 Drury Lane King Lear, The School Boy No No No £150 7s 6d 100% N/A
31 Dec 1748 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lying Valet No No No £151 6s N/A N/A
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