The Tempest (1623)

Author
William Shakespeare
Author
Sir William Davenant (1667)
Author
John Dryden (1667)
Author
Thomas Shadwell (1674)
Author
David Garrick (1756)
Author
John Philip Kemble (1789)
Author
J. C. Foote (1756)
Composer
Thomas Linley Junior (1777)
Composer
John Christopher Smith (1756)
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragicomedy
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
£34,834 15s 8d £10,416 11s 8d (29.9%) £24,418 4s (70.1%)
1732 - 1809
£34,834 15s 8d - (100%) £10,416 11s 8d (29.9%) £24,418 4s (70.1%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
242 35 207
1732 - 1809
242 35 207
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
09 Oct 1769 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Padlock Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1769 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Dec 1769 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1770 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Padlock No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1770 Drury Lane The Tempest, A Trip to Scotland, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1770 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Anatomist or The Sham Doctor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 May 1771 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Lyar, Bucks Have at Ye All No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Dec 1771 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Institution of the Garter No No No £162 50% N/A
21 Dec 1771 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Register Office No No Yes £180 10s 6d 51% N/A
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