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
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