Macbeth (1623)

Author
William Shakespeare
Author
Sir William Davenant (1664)
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
£71,938 9d £35,233 15s 6d (49%) £36,704 5s 3d (51%)
1732 - 1809
£71,938 9d - (100%) £35,233 15s 6d (49%) £36,704 5s 3d (51%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
445 223 222
1732 - 1809
445 223 222
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
16 Oct 1788 Drury Lane Macbeth, High Life below Stairs No No No £267 13s 6d 54% N/A
21 Oct 1788 Drury Lane Macbeth, Who's the Dupe No No No £202 4s 53% N/A
22 Nov 1788 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Doctor and the Apothecary No No No £244 8s 6d 55% N/A
23 Dec 1788 Drury Lane Macbeth, Robinson Crusoe No No No £211 13s 6d 61% N/A
31 Jan 1789 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Doctor and the Apothecary No No No £253 1s 6d 50% N/A
30 Mar 1789 Drury Lane Macbeth, Katharine and Petruchio No No Yes £284 6d 40% N/A
28 Apr 1789 Drury Lane Macbeth, Katharine and Petruchio No No Yes £260 2s 49% N/A
12 Oct 1789 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £219 1s 6d 49% N/A
19 Oct 1789 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Farmer No No No £163 4s 6d 53% N/A
08 Feb 1790 Covent Garden Macbeth, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £211 6s 6d 45% N/A
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