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 Apr 1757 Drury Lane Macbeth, Mercury Harlequin No No No £120 N/A N/A
04 Oct 1757 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Mock Doctor, The Italian Peasants No No No £90 100% N/A
10 Dec 1757 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Cheats of Scapin No No No £106 11s 39% N/A
17 Dec 1757 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Male Coquette No Yes No £200 66% N/A
07 Mar 1758 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Cheats of Scapin, Sicilian Peasants No No No £124 7s 6d 100% N/A
01 May 1758 Covent Garden Macbeth, A Duke and no Duke No No Yes £246 18s 6d N/A N/A
03 May 1758 Drury Lane Macbeth, Harlequin Ranger No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
30 Oct 1758 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Diversions of the Morning No No No £160 10s 6d 71% N/A
12 Mar 1759 Drury Lane Macbeth, Fortunatus No No No £147 40% N/A
12 Oct 1759 Drury Lane Macbeth, Damon and Phillida No No No £190 68% N/A
17 Apr 1760 Covent Garden Macbeth, Lethe, The Knife Grinders, Minuet, Shepherdess, The Peasants, The Pygmalion Dance Yes No Yes £86 7s N/A N/A
02 Apr 1761 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Lying Valet, Les Charboniers No No Yes £153 9s 6d N/A N/A
29 Apr 1761 Drury Lane Macbeth, High Life Below Stairs, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 May 1761 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £43 7s 6d N/A N/A
31 Oct 1761 Drury Lane Macbeth, High Life below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1761 Drury Lane Macbeth, Polly Honeycombe No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1762 Drury Lane Macbeth, Polly Honeycombe Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1762 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Merry Counterfeit, Hippisley's Drunken Man, The Pleasures of Spring Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1763 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Old Maid No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1763 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Genii Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1763 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Lying Valet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1763 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Guardian Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1763 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Musical Lady Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Nov 1763 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Fairy Tale No No No £146 9s 6d N/A N/A
28 Feb 1764 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Deuce Is in Him No No No £158 10s 6d N/A N/A
21 May 1764 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Shepherds Artifice No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1764 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Deuce is in Him, The Medley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Feb 1765 Drury Lane Macbeth, Queen Mab No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1765 Drury Lane Macbeth, Rosamond, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1765 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Apprentice, Tambourine, New Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1765 Covent Garden Macbeth, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1765 Drury Lane Macbeth, Daphne and Amintor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1765 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1766 Drury Lane Macbeth, Fortunatus, The Cries of London, Tombs of Westminster Abbey Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1767 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Guardian, The Vintage No No Yes £261 3s 9d 40% N/A
13 May 1767 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Register Office, Dance of the Furies, Minuet, The Jealous Peasant No No Yes £63 12s 6d N/A N/A
14 Jan 1768 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Elopement No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1768 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Oxonian in Town No No No £244 17s N/A N/A
27 Jan 1768 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Oxonian in Town No No No £234 19s 6d N/A N/A
04 Feb 1768 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Lyar No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1768 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Devil to Pay No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1768 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Upholsterer No No No £225 2s N/A N/A
05 Apr 1768 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Citizen, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £193 2s N/A N/A
25 Apr 1768 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Guardian No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1768 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Lilliputian Camp Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1768 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Apprentice No No No £196 4s 6d N/A N/A
10 Nov 1768 Covent Garden Macbeth, Thomas and Sally Yes No No £190 19s 6d N/A N/A
23 Dec 1768 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Upholsterer Yes No No £198 17s 6d N/A N/A
24 Jan 1769 Drury Lane Macbeth, Wits Last Stake, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Mar 1769 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Upholsterer Yes No No £230 13s 6d N/A N/A
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