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 %
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
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