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 %
14 Feb 1743 Drury Lane Richard III, Grand Serious Ballet, Concerto Yes No No £162 12s N/A N/A
07 Mar 1743 Covent Garden Richard III, Les Boufons du Cour, Characters of Dancing, Grand Ballet No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1743 Covent Garden Richard III, The Royal Chace, Le Rendezvous Gallant, Musette No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1743 Drury Lane Richard III, Concerto on German flute Yes No No £50 8s N/A N/A
03 May 1743 Drury Lane Richard III, La Florana No Yes No £98 9s 6d N/A N/A
28 Sep 1743 Covent Garden King Richard III No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1743 Covent Garden Richard III, The Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1743 Covent Garden Richard III, The Mock Doctor, Scotch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1743 Drury Lane Richard III No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1744 Covent Garden Richard III, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1744 Drury Lane Richard III No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1744 Drury Lane Richard III, The Amorous Goddess Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Mar 1744 Covent Garden Richard III, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1744 Covent Garden Richard III, The Rape of Proserpine Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1744 Drury Lane Richard III, The Amorous Goddess No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1744 Drury Lane Richard III, The Amorous Goddess Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 May 1744 Drury Lane Richard III, The Amorous Goddess Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1744 Covent Garden The Tragical History Of King Richard III No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1744 Drury Lane Richard III, Columbine Courtezan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1744 Drury Lane Richard III, Robin Goodfellow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Jan 1745 Covent Garden Richard III, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1745 Drury Lane Richard III, The Anatomist Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Feb 1745 Drury Lane Richard III, The Lying Valet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Mar 1745 Drury Lane Richard III, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1745 Covent Garden Richard III, What D'ye Call It No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Nov 1745 Covent Garden Richard III, Pyramus and Thisbe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Jan 1746 Drury Lane Richard III, Damon and Phillida No No No £39 5s N/A N/A
09 Jan 1746 Drury Lane Richard III, Damon and Phillida No No No £43 9s N/A N/A
22 Apr 1746 Drury Lane Richard III, The Double Disappointment, Colin And Phebe Yes No Yes £47 9s 1d N/A N/A
29 Apr 1746 Drury Lane Richard III, The Anatomist No No Yes £18 9s N/A N/A
16 Jun 1746 Covent Garden King Richard III Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1746 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £160 19s 100% N/A
31 Oct 1746 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Virgin Unmasked No Yes No £188 8s 6d 73% N/A
30 Dec 1746 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Lottery No No No £140 19s 6d N/A N/A
06 Nov 1747 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £182 6d 100% N/A
28 Dec 1747 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1748 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No £195 11s 6d N/A N/A
29 Feb 1748 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1748 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Anatomist Yes No No £177 4s 100% N/A
29 Sep 1748 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lottery No No No £183 15s 100% N/A
23 Dec 1748 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No No £182 1s 9d N/A N/A
04 Mar 1749 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Triumph of Peace No No Yes £187 6s N/A N/A
06 Apr 1749 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lying Valet No No No £168 18s 6d N/A N/A
02 Oct 1749 Covent Garden King Richard III, Phoebe No No No £164 13s 100% N/A
16 Nov 1749 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £190 9s 6d 73% N/A
01 Jan 1750 Covent Garden King Richard III, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £147 7s 54% N/A
19 Feb 1750 Drury Lane King Richard III, A Duke and no Duke, Acis and Galatea Yes No Yes £199 13s 6d N/A N/A
02 Apr 1750 Covent Garden King Richard III, Miss in Her Teens, Grand Scotch Ballet Yes No Yes £150 3s 49% N/A
26 Oct 1750 Covent Garden King Richard III No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1750 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lying Valet No No No £180 N/A N/A
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