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 %
17 Oct 1752 Covent Garden King Lear, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1752 Drury Lane King Lear, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No No £170 N/A N/A
20 Nov 1752 Drury Lane King Lear, The Anatomist No No No £180 N/A N/A
15 Nov 1753 Drury Lane King Lear, The Chaplet No No No £200 N/A N/A
22 Nov 1753 Drury Lane King Lear, The Genii No Yes No £200 N/A N/A
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
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