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 %
12 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Critic, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £115 8s 6d 48% N/A
30 Dec 1779 Drury Lane The Tempest, Who's The Dupe?, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits, The Sportsman Deceived No No No £96 19s 37% N/A
13 Mar 1780 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Quaker, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits, Grand New Dance No Yes No £271 14s 49% N/A
24 Apr 1780 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Jubilee, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £151 2s 36% N/A
23 Sep 1780 Drury Lane The Tempest, All the World's a Stage, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £144 9s 6d 100% N/A
12 Dec 1780 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Jubilee, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £184 11s 6d 47% N/A
03 Jan 1781 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £86 18s 26% N/A
13 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Divorce, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £135 8s 55% N/A
12 Feb 1782 Drury Lane The Tempest, Robinson Crusoe No No No £102 12s 6d N/A N/A
06 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £104 9s 6d N/A N/A
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