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 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
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