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 %
01 Jan 1734 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Harlots Progress Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1734 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Intriguing Chambermaid Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1734 Drury Lane The Tempest, Cephalus and Procris No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1734 Drury Lane The Tempest Or The Inchanted Island, The Harlots Progress No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1734 Drury Lane The Tempest, Grand Serious Dance, Grand Comic Dance, New Comic Dance, Revellers, The Black and White Joak No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1735 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Devil to Pay, Dutchman and his Frow Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1735 Drury Lane The Tempest Or The Enchanted Island, Harlequin Restord, Medley Overture, accompanied with French Horns No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1737 Drury Lane The Tempest Or The Inchanted Island, The King and the Miller of Mansfield Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Feb 1737 Drury Lane The Tempest, The King and the Miller of Mansfield No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Feb 1737 Drury Lane The Tempest, The King and the Miller of Mansfield No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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