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 %
16 Feb 1751 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Chaplet Yes No Yes £190 N/A N/A
07 May 1751 Drury Lane King Richard III, Lethe Yes No No £220 N/A N/A
26 Sep 1751 Drury Lane King Richard III, The King and Miller of Mansfield No No No £210 100% N/A
27 Sep 1751 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Devil to Pay No No No £100 N/A N/A
01 Oct 1751 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Chaplet No No No £180 100% N/A
05 Oct 1751 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No No £100 N/A N/A
22 Nov 1751 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1751 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Shepherds Lottery No No No £210 N/A N/A
26 Dec 1751 Covent Garden King Richard III, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1752 Drury Lane King Richard III, Harlequin Ranger No No No £150 N/A N/A
03 Feb 1752 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Chaplet No No Yes £210 N/A N/A
01 Apr 1752 Drury Lane King Richard III, Lethe, Grand Provencalle Dance No No Yes £110 N/A N/A
18 Apr 1752 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Triumphs of Hibernia, Grand Comic Ballet, Louvre, Minuet, Venetian Gardeners No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1752 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1752 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1752 Drury Lane King Richard III, A Duke and no Duke No No No £70 100% N/A
24 Nov 1752 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Devil to Pay No No No £200 N/A N/A
06 Jan 1753 Covent Garden The Tragical History Of King Richard III, The Dragon of Wantley, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1753 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Genii No No No £130 N/A N/A
23 Feb 1753 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Double Disappointment No No No £50 N/A N/A
07 Apr 1753 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Mock Doctor, Comic Dance, Hornpipe No Yes Yes £220 N/A N/A
09 May 1753 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Double Disappointment No No Yes £230 N/A N/A
18 May 1753 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Lover His Own Rival, Les Chassuers Allemandes No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1753 Covent Garden The Tragical History Of King Richard III, The Lover His Own Rival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1753 Drury Lane King Richard III, Scapin No No No £120 100% N/A
26 Oct 1753 Drury Lane King Richard III, Queen Mab No No No £80 N/A N/A
28 Nov 1753 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £210 N/A N/A
18 Dec 1753 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Anatomist Yes No No £150 N/A N/A
09 Jan 1754 Drury Lane King Richard III, Fortunatus No No No £130 N/A N/A
02 Apr 1754 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Lottery, Les Taileurs, Les Charboniers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1754 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Grumbler, The Return, Country Amusements, Minuet No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
20 Sep 1754 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1754 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Anatomist No No No £100 100% N/A
24 Oct 1754 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Anatomist No No No £200 N/A N/A
26 Oct 1754 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Double Disappointment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1754 Covent Garden King Richard III, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1754 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Genii No No No £100 N/A N/A
28 Dec 1754 Covent Garden King Richard III, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1755 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Schoolboy Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1755 Drury Lane King Richard III, Tom Thumb No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
23 Oct 1755 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Anatomist No No No £180 N/A N/A
08 Dec 1755 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Genii, New Pantomime Dance No No No £120 N/A N/A
25 Feb 1756 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Anatomist Yes No No £210 N/A N/A
21 Sep 1756 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Anatomist No No No £120 100% N/A
22 Oct 1756 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Genii No No No £140 N/A N/A
04 Jan 1757 Drury Lane King Richard III, Mercury Harlequin No No No £170 N/A N/A
27 Jan 1757 Covent Garden King Richard III, A Duke and no Duke No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1757 Covent Garden King Richard III, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1757 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Frenchified Lady No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1757 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Frenchified Lady No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1757 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Frenchified Lady Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Mar 1757 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Author No No No £160 N/A N/A
09 May 1757 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Toyshop, Comic Dance No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
13 Sep 1757 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lying Valet No No No £90 100% N/A
28 Oct 1757 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Italian Peasants No No No £210 72% N/A
11 Nov 1757 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Contrivances No No No £111 18s 6d 50% N/A
13 Mar 1758 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Sheep Shearing or Florizel and Perdita, The Italian Peasants, The Judgment of Paris No No Yes £296 17s 6d N/A N/A
12 Oct 1758 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Intriguing Chambermaid, The Millers No No No £154 12s 100% N/A
27 Feb 1759 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Guardian No No No £191 9s 6d 66% N/A
08 Mar 1759 Drury Lane Richard the 3rd No Yes No £200 4s 6d 44% N/A
11 May 1759 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Devil to Pay, The Milkmaid's Holiday No No Yes £231 2s N/A N/A
19 Oct 1759 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lying Valet No No No £200 58% N/A
01 May 1760 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Englishman in Paris, The Cow Keepers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1760 Drury Lane King Richard III, High Life Below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 May 1760 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Cow Keepers No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1760 Drury Lane King Richard III, A Duke and no Duke, The Cow Keepers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1760 Drury Lane King Richard III, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1760 Drury Lane King Richard III, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Nov 1760 Drury Lane King Richard III No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Mar 1761 Covent Garden King Richard III, The English Tars in America or The Good Woman Without a Head, Comic Dance No No Yes £257 11s 6d N/A N/A
21 Apr 1761 Drury Lane King Richard III, High Life below Stairs, The May Day Morning (Fingalian Dance) Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1761 Covent Garden King Richard III, Flora, Comic Dance No No Yes £234 18s 6d N/A N/A
21 May 1761 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £41 9s N/A N/A
29 May 1761 Drury Lane King Richard III, High Life below Stairs No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Sep 1761 Drury Lane King Richard III, Polly Honeycombe, New Dutch Comic Dance, The Camp Alarmed No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1761 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1761 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1762 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Genii Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1762 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Jan 1762 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation, The French Country Gentleman No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1762 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation, The French Country Gentleman No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Jan 1762 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation, The Taylors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1762 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation, The Taylors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Jan 1762 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation, The Taylors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Jan 1762 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation, The Taylors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1762 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation, The Taylors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Feb 1762 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation, The Taylors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Mar 1762 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation, The Taylors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1762 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation, The Taylors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1762 Drury Lane King Richard III, Love a la Mode, Comic Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1762 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation, The Cossacks, The Taylors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1762 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation, The Taylors Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1762 Drury Lane King Richard III, Harlequin Ranger No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1762 Covent Garden King Richard III, Coronation No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1762 Covent Garden King Richard III, Coronation, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1762 Drury Lane King Richard III, Miss in Her Teens No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1762 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Devil to Pay Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1763 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1763 Drury Lane King Richard III, Fortunatus No No No £154 12s N/A N/A
18 Nov 1763 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Deuce Is in Him No No No £138 1s 6d N/A N/A
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