Richard III (1592)

Author
William Shakespeare
Author
Colley Cibber (1699)
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
History
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
£65,845 10s 6d £36,571 13s 11d (55.5%) £29,273 16s 7d (44.5%)
1732 - 1809
£65,845 10s 6d - (100%) £36,571 13s 11d (55.5%) £29,273 16s 7d (44.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
476 252 224
1732 - 1809
476 252 224
Notes
1592-94
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
26 May 1778 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, Bon Ton, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £288 13s 100% N/A
05 Oct 1778 Covent Garden Annette And Lubin, King Richard the Third, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1778 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Camp No No No £224 6s 6d N/A N/A
23 Nov 1778 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Camp No No No £153 17s 6d N/A N/A
07 Dec 1778 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, The Medley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1779 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Wonders of Derbyshire No No No £209 9s N/A N/A
18 May 1779 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Mayor of Garratt No No Yes £253 8s N/A N/A
25 Sep 1779 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £158 6d 100% N/A
01 Nov 1779 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, Plymouth In An Uproar No No No £124 8s 6d 35% N/A
06 Dec 1779 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, The Mirror No No No £187 15s N/A N/A
10 Jan 1780 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, Harlequin Every where No No No £195 2s 48% N/A
10 Apr 1780 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Critic No No No £195 3s 45% N/A
12 May 1780 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, Fortunatus, A Jump through a Tub of Fire No No Yes £273 2s 48% N/A
09 Oct 1780 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, The Norwood Gypsies, The Humours of Leixlip No No No £188 14s 100% N/A
23 Oct 1780 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Camp No No No £110 7s 34% N/A
26 Dec 1780 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, The Humours of an Election No No No £146 7s 6d 41% N/A
08 Mar 1781 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Critic No No No £162 3s 6d 41% N/A
18 May 1781 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Deserter, The Butterfly No No Yes £180 4s 6d 50% N/A
18 Sep 1781 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Apprentice No No No £130 100% N/A
07 Jan 1782 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £208 19s 55% N/A
14 Oct 1782 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £241 19s 65% N/A
16 Dec 1782 Covent Garden Richard III, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £165 18s 65% N/A
10 Mar 1783 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Triumph of Mirth No No No £148 15s 6d 41% N/A
23 Sep 1783 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, Robinson Crusoe or Harlequin Friday No No No £209 19s 6d 100% N/A
13 Oct 1783 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, The Rival Knights, Rosina No No No £189 14s 6d 50% N/A
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