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 %
28 Nov 1799 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Mock Doctor, Solemn Dirge, A Bundle of Proverbs, An Hungry Fox One Day Did Spy, Black Ey'd Susan, Britons, Your Country's Gratitude Behold, In Praise of the Tars Who Have Leathered the World, Sir Sidney Smith, The Embarkation, The Navy and Army of Britain Forever, We Come, Ye Guardians of Our Isle, When a Tar Returns Home, When Britain First Her Flag Upreared, When Peace Smiles Around No No No £176 10s 45% N/A
03 Jun 1801 Drury Lane Tempest, Shipwreck No No Yes £361 13s 6d 58% N/A
02 Nov 1801 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Liar No No No £126 16s 6d 31% N/A
26 Dec 1801 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin-Amulet No No No £326 10s 6d 51% N/A
08 Dec 1806 Covent Garden The Tempest, All the World's a Stage No No No £396 9s 6d 59% N/A
10 Dec 1806 Covent Garden The Tempest, Lock & Key No No No £255 45% N/A
12 Dec 1806 Covent Garden Tempest, Arbitration No No No £289 5s 6d 65% N/A
15 Dec 1806 Covent Garden The Tempest, Arbitration No No No £358 1s 59% N/A
17 Dec 1806 Covent Garden The Tempest, Arbitration No No No £248 11s 2d 47% N/A
19 Dec 1806 Covent Garden The Tempest, Arbitration No No No £253 16s 6d 50% N/A
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