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 Dec 1763 Covent Garden King Richard III, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1764 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Rites of Hecate, Hymen No No No £150 8s N/A N/A
20 Feb 1764 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Upholsterer, Venus Revenged No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1764 Drury Lane King Richard III, Fortunatus, Running Footman, Too Soon, O Gentle Youth No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1764 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1764 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1764 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Upholsterer, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1764 Covent Garden King Richard III, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1764 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Genii Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Jan 1765 Covent Garden King Richard III, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jan 1765 Drury Lane King Richard III, Queen Mab No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Mar 1765 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Capricious Lovers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1765 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Oracle, The Sicilian Peasants, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1765 Drury Lane King Richard III, High Life below Stairs, The Medley Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1765 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Intriguing Chambermaid, The Venetian Gardeners No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1765 Drury Lane King Richard III, Daphne and Amintor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1765 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Jan 1766 Covent Garden King Richard III, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Mar 1766 Covent Garden King Richard III, Midas No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1766 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Upholsterer, The Drunken Peasant, The Cries of London, Comic Dance, Double Hornpipe, The Village Romps No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Sep 1766 Covent Garden King Richard III, Coronation No No No £177 14s 6d 100% N/A
20 Oct 1766 Covent Garden King Richard III, Coronation No No No £189 19s 6d 56% N/A
24 Oct 1766 Covent Garden King Richard III, Coronation No No No £146 1s 6d 56% N/A
27 Oct 1766 Covent Garden King Richard III, Coronation No No No £160 3s 6d 55% N/A
10 Nov 1766 Covent Garden King Richard III, Coronation No No No £177 5s 52% N/A
26 Dec 1766 Covent Garden King Richard III, Coronation No No No £189 3s 53% N/A
11 Apr 1767 Drury Lane King Richard III, Flora or Hob in the Well, The Vintage No No Yes £201 19s 58% N/A
11 May 1767 Drury Lane King Richard III, Flora, Double Hornpipe, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £65 9s 6d N/A N/A
27 May 1767 Covent Garden King Richard III, Coronation, New Tambourine, Serious dance Yes No No £127 14s 6d N/A N/A
17 Sep 1767 Drury Lane King Richard III, Fortunatus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1767 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Oxonian in Town, New Comic Dance No No No £192 7s N/A N/A
30 Nov 1767 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Oxonian in Town, Comic Dance No No No £170 10s 6d N/A N/A
29 Dec 1767 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation No No No £170 19s 6d N/A N/A
11 Apr 1768 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Royal Chace, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £160 7s 6d N/A N/A
12 Apr 1768 Drury Lane King Richard III, Like Master Like Man, The Wake Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 May 1768 Covent Garden King Richard III, Duke and no Duke, Minuet, The Highland Reel No No Yes £152 13s 6d N/A N/A
22 Sep 1768 Covent Garden King Richard III, Coronation No No No £238 13s N/A N/A
29 Sep 1768 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Wake Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1768 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation Yes No No £175 11s N/A N/A
05 Nov 1768 Covent Garden King Richard III, Midas Yes No No £115 15s N/A N/A
12 Jan 1769 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Padlock No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1769 Covent Garden King Richard III, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £231 5s N/A N/A
16 May 1769 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Lottery, The Wake, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1769 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Upholsterer, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £301 4s N/A N/A
04 Oct 1769 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation No No No £163 1s N/A N/A
28 Oct 1769 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Coronation No No No £127 11s 6d N/A N/A
13 Nov 1769 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1769 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £161 6s N/A N/A
26 Jan 1770 Covent Garden King Richard III, Man and Wife, The Whim No No No £124 6d N/A N/A
20 Apr 1770 Drury Lane King Richard III, Queen Mab, New Tambourine, The English Gardeners No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1770 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Rape of Proserpine Yes No Yes £274 2s N/A N/A
16 May 1770 Drury Lane King Richard III, High Life below Stairs, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Sep 1770 Covent Garden King Richard III, Midas Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1770 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Padlock, The Merry Sailors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1770 Covent Garden King Richard III, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1771 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Mayor of Garratt, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1771 Covent Garden King Richard III, Harlequin Dr Faustus, The Cries of London No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1771 Covent Garden King Richard III, Mother Shipton No No No £193 14s 57% N/A
25 Nov 1771 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Fairy Prince Yes No No £220 9s 6d 46% N/A
16 Dec 1771 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Padlock Yes No No £148 10s 37% N/A
03 Feb 1772 Covent Garden King Richard III, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £205 6s 49% N/A
12 May 1772 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Author, Comic Dance No No Yes £153 16s 6d 47% N/A
30 May 1772 Drury Lane King Richard III, Miss in Her Teens No No No £268 14s 89% N/A
02 Jun 1772 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Devil to Pay, Linco's Travels Yes No Yes £313 4s 3d 100% N/A
28 Sep 1772 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Apprentice, The Old Ground Young, New Occasional Prelude No No No £226 7s 6d 100% N/A
19 Oct 1772 Covent Garden King Richard III, Comus No No No £164 11s 6d 48% N/A
30 Dec 1772 Covent Garden King Richard III, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £177 5s 6d 44% N/A
20 May 1773 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Citizen, The Whim Yes No Yes £209 19s 20% N/A
04 Oct 1773 Covent Garden King Richard III, Midas No No No £207 1s 100% N/A
09 Dec 1773 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Golden Pippin Yes No No £148 10s 6d 36% N/A
20 Dec 1773 Covent Garden King Richard III, Achilles in Petticoats No No No £161 13s 6d 40% N/A
01 Jan 1774 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Golden Pippin Yes No No £133 13s 6d 39% N/A
26 Jan 1774 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Sylphs Yes No No £174 16s 45% N/A
10 May 1774 Covent Garden King Richard III, Cross Purposes, The Frolick No No Yes £150 17s 6d 46% N/A
22 Sep 1774 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Meeting of the Company, Miss in Her Teens No No No £239 8s 6d 100% N/A
22 Oct 1774 Covent Garden King Richard III, Daphne and Amintor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1774 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Golden Pippin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1774 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Election, The Elopement No No No £104 1s 6d N/A N/A
07 Nov 1774 Covent Garden King Richard III, No Ones Enemy but His Own, The Merry Sailors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1774 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1774 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1775 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Citizen, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1775 Drury Lane King Richard III, Harlequin's Jacket, New Pastoral Dance, Comic Dance, Minuet, The Louvre No No Yes £156 8s 6d N/A N/A
15 May 1775 Drury Lane King Richard III, Tom Thumb No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
25 May 1775 Covent Garden King Richard III, St Patrick's Day No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Jun 1775 Covent Garden King Richard III, St Patrick's Day, The Irish Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Oct 1775 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Theatrical Candidates, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £263 6s 100% N/A
07 Nov 1775 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Theatrical Candidates, May Day Yes No No £136 17s N/A N/A
12 Dec 1775 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Sultan or A Peep into the Seraglio No No No £143 1s 6d N/A N/A
01 Jan 1776 Covent Garden King Richard III, Prometheus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 May 1776 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Devil to Pay No No No £307 3s 6d N/A N/A
03 Jun 1776 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Anatomist or The Sham Doctor No No No £284 10s 100% N/A
05 Jun 1776 Drury Lane King Richard III, Bon Ton No Yes No £293 5s 100% N/A
12 Oct 1776 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Elopement No No No £186 18s 6d 100% N/A
11 Nov 1776 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, Love a la Mode, The Irish Lilt No No No £172 16s 6d 47% N/A
06 Dec 1776 Drury Lane King Richard III, Selima and Azor No No No £167 8s 6d 51% N/A
07 Oct 1777 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Quaker No No No £260 7s 100% N/A
11 Oct 1777 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Quaker No No No £250 9s 6d 100% N/A
07 Nov 1777 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, Comus No No No £132 11s 6d 59% N/A
08 May 1778 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Waterman, Minuet de la Cour, Double Hornpipe, The Irish Fair No No Yes £225 5s 6d 40% N/A
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