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 Nov 1784 Drury Lane The Tempest, Bon Ton, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £162 11s N/A N/A
18 Nov 1784 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin Junior No No No £80 8s 6d N/A N/A
10 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin Junior No No No £173 5s N/A N/A
18 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Alchymist No No No £120 5s N/A N/A
28 Mar 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, Rosina, Comic Dance No No Yes £321 9s N/A N/A
28 Apr 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Humourist No No No £88 6d N/A N/A
17 Oct 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, All the Worlds a Stage, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £183 8s 6d 35% N/A
10 Nov 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Lyar, Dance of Spirits No No No £83 14s 26% N/A
24 Nov 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Romp, Dance of Spirits No No No £108 11s 6d 49% N/A
07 Mar 1786 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Virgin Unmasked, Dance of Spirits No No No £99 14s 37% N/A
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