As You Like It (1623)

Author
William Shakespeare
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£32,418 13s 9d £5,604 19s 6d (17.3%) £26,813 14s 3d (82.7%)
1732 - 1809
£32,418 13s 9d - (100%) £5,604 19s 6d (17.3%) £26,813 14s 3d (82.7%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
288 82 206
1732 - 1809
288 82 206
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
21 Jan 1758 Covent Garden As You Like It, The Englishman Returned from Paris, The Italian Peasants No No No £37 15s 20% N/A
12 May 1758 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Oracle, Hornpipe Yes No Yes £270 N/A N/A
16 Sep 1758 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Anatomist, The German Hunters No No No £128 15s 100% N/A
21 Nov 1758 Covent Garden As You Like It, The Contrivances, The Feast of Bacchus No No No £49 9s 21% N/A
06 Feb 1759 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Guardian, The Italian Peasants No No No £186 4s 63% N/A
11 Dec 1759 Covent Garden As You Like It, The Fair No No No £158 7s 6d 55% N/A
07 May 1760 Drury Lane As You Like It, High Life Below Stairs, The Cow Keepers, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Oct 1760 Drury Lane As You Like It, Queen Mab, The Millers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1761 Drury Lane As You Like It, Harlequin's Invasion, New Comic Dutch Dance, The Camp Alarmed No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1762 Covent Garden As You Like It, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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