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
£31,413 12s 2d £10,106 9s 8d (32.2%) £21,307 2s 6d (67.8%)
1732 - 1809
£31,413 12s 2d - (100%) £10,106 9s 8d (32.2%) £21,307 2s 6d (67.8%)
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 %
07 May 1793 Drury Lane The Tempest, Fortune's Wheel, Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite, The Little Farthing Rushlight No No Yes £227 8s N/A N/A
22 Feb 1797 Drury Lane The Tempest Or The Enchanted Island, My Grandmother, The Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £212 2s 6d 44% N/A
28 Feb 1797 Drury Lane The Tempest, Lodoiska, Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £180 3s 6d 46% N/A
18 Mar 1797 Drury Lane The Tempest, Lodoiska, The Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £181 4s 6d 34% N/A
09 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Tempest Or The Enchanted Island, Who's the Dupe, The Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £142 7s 6d 40% N/A
23 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Tempest, Sylvester Daggerwood, The Follies of a Day, Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £154 3s 59% N/A
24 Feb 1798 Drury Lane The Tempest, Blue Beard, The Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £278 13s 54% N/A
05 Jun 1798 Drury Lane The Tempest, Sylvester Daggerwood, The Eleventh of June or The Daggerwoods at Dunstable, Blue Beard, Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite No No Yes £320 6s 6d 89% N/A
04 May 1799 Drury Lane The Tempest Or The Enchanted Island, Bon Ton, Jerry Sneak in His Glory, Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite, As Burns the Charger, At The Peaceful Midnight Hour, The Town Crier No No Yes £390 8s 6d 45% N/A
14 Nov 1799 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Humourist, Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £186 7s 39% N/A
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