Theatronomics

King Lear (1608)

Work Type

Mainpiece

Genre

Tragedy

Performance Medium

Spoken Drama

Associated work receipts	Covent Garden	Drury Lane
£29,064 8s 6d	£13,973 12s (48.1%)	£15,090 16s 6d (51.9%)
1732 - 1809
£29,064 8s 6d - (100%)	£13,973 12s (48.1%)	£15,090 16s 6d (51.9%)

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

Covent Garden

Drury Lane

Mainpiece/afterpieces

Show mainpieces/afterpieces only

Years

1732

1809

Most common pairings

Dates	Theatre	Performances	Requested	Commands	Benefit	Revenue	Available Revenue %	Capacity %
10 May 1749	Drury Lane	King Lear, The Virgin Unmasked	No	No	No	£152 15s 6d	100%	N/A
13 Oct 1749	Drury Lane	King Lear, The Intriguing Chambermaid	No	No	No	£180	77%	N/A
08 Nov 1749	Drury Lane	King Lear, The Intriguing Chambermaid	Yes	No	No	£160 7s 6d	70%	N/A
25 Jan 1750	Drury Lane	King Lear, The Lying Valet	Yes	No	No	£164 6s 6d	77%	N/A
01 Nov 1750	Drury Lane	King Lear, The Virgin Unmasked	Yes	No	No	£160	N/A	N/A
02 Nov 1751	Drury Lane	King Lear, The Intriguing Chambermaid	No	No	No	£200	N/A	N/A
17 Jan 1752	Drury Lane	King Lear, The Shepherds Lottery	No	No	No	£180	N/A	N/A
03 Mar 1752	Drury Lane	King Lear, The Intriguing Chambermaid	Yes	No	No	£190	N/A	N/A
06 Apr 1752	Drury Lane	King Lear, Don Quixote in England	No	No	Yes	£180	N/A	N/A
16 Oct 1752	Covent Garden	The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters, Perseus and Andromeda	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A

Performances

Commands

Drury Lane

King Lear, The Virgin Unmasked