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 %
17 Oct 1739 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, Robin Goodfellow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Jan 1740 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Scots Dance, Ballet, Drunken Peasant, Le Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Sep 1740 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Feb 1741 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, Les Matelotes, The Peasants' Triumph on the Death of the Wild Boar Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1741 Covent Garden Richard III, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1741 Covent Garden Richard III, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Dec 1741 Covent Garden Richard III, Perseus and Andromeda Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1741 Drury Lane King Richard III, Harlequin Shipwrecked, Happy Pair, Dutch Dance No No No £80 N/A N/A
28 Dec 1741 Drury Lane Richard III, See from the Silent Groves, Les Matelotes, Early Horn, Les Jardiniers Suedois No No No £80 N/A N/A
30 Apr 1742 Drury Lane Richard III, The King and Miller of Mansfield, War He Sung was Toil and Trouble, Running Footman's Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
31 May 1742 Drury Lane Richard III No Yes No £171 100% N/A
13 Oct 1742 Drury Lane Richard III, Concerto, Grand Serious Ballet No No No £160 13s 6d N/A N/A
13 Oct 1742 Covent Garden Richard III, Old Man Taught Wisdom, Happy Lovers, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1742 Covent Garden Richard III, Old Man Taught Wisdom, The Happy Lovers, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1742 Drury Lane Richard III, Concerto, Grand Serious Ballet No No No £153 9s N/A N/A
23 Oct 1742 Drury Lane Richard III, Concerto, Grand Serious Ballet No No No £143 6s 6d N/A N/A
28 Oct 1742 Drury Lane Richard III, Les Matelotes, Grand Serious Ballet, Turkish Seraglio No Yes No £154 14s 6d N/A N/A
05 Nov 1742 Drury Lane Richard III, Grand Serious Ballet, La Mascarada No No No £149 16s N/A N/A
11 Nov 1742 Drury Lane King Richard III No Yes No £149 17s 6d N/A N/A
06 Dec 1742 Covent Garden Richard III, La Villageoise, Characters of Dancing, Dutch Skipper Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1742 Drury Lane Richard III, Concerto No No No £156 13s 6d N/A N/A
03 Jan 1743 Drury Lane Richard III, Concerto on violoncello No No No £149 10s 6d N/A N/A
10 Jan 1743 Drury Lane Richard III, Grand Serious Ballet, Concerto Yes No No £157 10s N/A N/A
19 Jan 1743 Drury Lane Richard III, Concerto on German flute No Yes No £143 11s 6d N/A N/A
28 Jan 1743 Covent Garden Richard III, Dutch Skipper, Le Rendezvous Gallant, Les Pasteurs Joueux Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
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