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 %
26 May 1772 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Absent Man, The Drunken Peasant Yes No Yes £200 13s 6d 60% N/A
12 May 1773 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, Bucks Have At Ye All No No Yes £207 10s 39% N/A
04 Apr 1774 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Elopement No No Yes £123 14s 6d 30% N/A
26 Dec 1774 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Elopement No No No £157 16s 6d N/A N/A
18 May 1775 Drury Lane The Tempest, Catharine and Petruchio No No Yes £189 12s 6d N/A N/A
18 May 1776 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No Yes £43 14s 6d N/A N/A
27 Dec 1776 Covent Garden The Tempest, Harlequin's Frolicks No No No £245 18s 65% N/A
30 Dec 1776 Covent Garden The Tempest, Harlequin's Frolicks, Rural Dance No No No £224 13s 63% N/A
31 Dec 1776 Covent Garden The Tempest, Harlequin's Frolicks, Rural Dance No No No £159 9s 6d 49% N/A
04 Jan 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, Dance of Spirits, Fantastic Dance, The Double Festival No No No £231 9s 6d 46% N/A
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