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 Dec 1739 Drury Lane The Tempest Or The Inchanted Island, The Harlots Progress, Comic Dance of Winds, Comic Dance of Fantastical Spirits in Grotesque Characters, Dance of Devils, Dance of Watermen No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Dec 1739 Drury Lane The Tempest, Robin Goodfellow, Comic Dance of Winds, Comic Dance of Fantastical Spirits in Grotesque Characters, Dance of Devils, Dance of Watermen No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jan 1740 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin Grand Volgi, Comic Dance of Winds, Comic Dance of Fantastical Spirits in Grotesque Characters, Dance of Watermen Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1740 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Two Pierots, The Life of a Belle, Drunken Peasant, La Provencale Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Nov 1740 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Intriguing Chambermaid No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1741 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Mock Doctor, Tambourine, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Jan 1746 Drury Lane The Tempest, Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £116 19s 6d N/A N/A
01 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Tempest, Musical Entertainment of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £62 7s N/A N/A
04 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Tempest, Musical Entertainment of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £57 19s N/A N/A
05 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Tempest, Tragedy of Tragedies, Musical Entertainment of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £55 11s N/A N/A
18 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Musical Entertainment of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £46 12s 6d N/A N/A
19 May 1746 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Tragedy of Tragedies No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Tempest Or The Enchanted Island No No No £156 18s 6d N/A N/A
28 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Anatomist No No No £131 16s N/A N/A
29 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Double Disappointment No No No £104 16s 6d N/A N/A
11 Apr 1748 Drury Lane The Tempest, A Will and No Will No No No £112 3s N/A N/A
01 Jan 1750 Drury Lane The Tempest Or The Inchanted Island, The Anatomist No No No £126 3s 46% N/A
02 Jan 1750 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Lying Valet Yes No No £99 6s 47% N/A
05 Jan 1750 Drury Lane The Tempest, A Duke and no Duke, New Comic Dance Yes No No £93 17s 6d 44% N/A
19 Jan 1750 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Anatomist No No No £72 2s 43% N/A
12 Feb 1750 Drury Lane The Tempest, A Duke and no Duke No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1750 Drury Lane The Tempest, Bayes in Petticoats, L'Entree de Flore Yes No Yes £150 N/A N/A
11 Feb 1756 Drury Lane The Tempest No No No £180 N/A N/A
13 Feb 1756 Drury Lane The Tempest, Dance of Fantirits, The Garlands (A Grand Pantomime Dance) No No No £140 N/A N/A
18 Feb 1756 Drury Lane The Tempest Opera, Dance of Fantastical Spirits, The Garlands (Grand Pantomime Dance) No No No £100 N/A N/A
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