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 Oct 1769 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Padlock Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1769 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Dec 1769 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1770 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Padlock No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1770 Drury Lane The Tempest, A Trip to Scotland, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1770 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Anatomist or The Sham Doctor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 May 1771 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Lyar, Bucks Have at Ye All No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Dec 1771 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Institution of the Garter No No No £162 50% N/A
21 Dec 1771 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Register Office No No Yes £180 10s 6d 51% N/A
26 May 1772 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Absent Man, The Drunken Peasant Yes No Yes £200 13s 6d 60% N/A
12 May 1773 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, Bucks Have At Ye All No No Yes £207 10s 39% N/A
04 Apr 1774 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Elopement No No Yes £123 14s 6d 30% N/A
26 Dec 1774 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Elopement No No No £157 16s 6d N/A N/A
18 May 1775 Drury Lane The Tempest, Catharine and Petruchio No No Yes £189 12s 6d N/A N/A
18 May 1776 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No Yes £43 14s 6d N/A N/A
27 Dec 1776 Covent Garden The Tempest, Harlequin's Frolicks No No No £245 18s 65% N/A
30 Dec 1776 Covent Garden The Tempest, Harlequin's Frolicks, Rural Dance No No No £224 13s 63% N/A
31 Dec 1776 Covent Garden The Tempest, Harlequin's Frolicks, Rural Dance No No No £159 9s 6d 49% N/A
04 Jan 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, Dance of Spirits, Fantastic Dance, The Double Festival No No No £231 9s 6d 46% N/A
06 Jan 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, The Double Festival No No No £208 8s 6d 53% N/A
10 Jan 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, The Triumph of Love No No No £244 57% N/A
13 Jan 1777 Covent Garden The Tempest, The Golden Pippin No No No £224 16s 48% N/A
13 Jan 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, The Triumph of Love No No No £244 9s 52% N/A
18 Jan 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, The Double Festival No No No £229 9s 6d 56% N/A
23 Jan 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, The Double Festival No No No £211 10s 6d 55% N/A
25 Jan 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, A Christmas Tale, The Double Festival No No No £186 7s 41% N/A
31 Jan 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, The Double Festival No No No £244 12s 51% N/A
04 Feb 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, A Christmas Tale, The Triumph of Love No No No £190 41% N/A
13 Feb 1777 Covent Garden The Tempest, The Jovial Crew No No No £167 6s 45% N/A
18 Feb 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, Bon Ton, The Double Festival No No No £159 7s 38% N/A
03 Mar 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, A Christmas Tale, The Triumph of Love No No No £170 17s 6d 39% N/A
15 Mar 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Deserter, The Triumph of Love No No Yes £219 12s 6d 34% N/A
04 Apr 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Jubilee, The Triumph of Love No No No £210 11s 6d 43% N/A
14 Apr 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Jubilee, Dance of Spirits, The Chaconne No No No £157 14s 49% N/A
25 Apr 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, Dance of Spirits, Grand Dance: The Chaconne No No Yes £299 8s 26% N/A
02 May 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, All the World's a Stage, Dance of Spirits, Grand Dance, The Court Minuet, Allemande No No Yes £100 9s 40% N/A
07 May 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, Bon Ton, The Triumph of Love No Yes No £219 15s 6d 72% N/A
19 May 1777 Covent Garden The Tempest, Three Weeks after Marriage No No Yes £253 17s 20% N/A
30 May 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Irish Widow, The Triumph of Love, The Irish Fair No No Yes £235 4s 100% N/A
20 Sep 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, All the Worlds a Stage, Dance of Spirits, Ballet Demie Caractere (composed by Gallet), Dance of Fantastic Spirits, The Double Festival No No No £183 4s 100% N/A
14 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, High Life below Stairs, Rural Grace, Mock Minuet No No No £116 13s 6d 53% N/A
26 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, Rural Grace No No No £185 19s 45% N/A
06 Jan 1778 Drury Lane The Tempest, Queen Mab, Rural Grace No No No £108 18s 31% N/A
15 May 1778 Drury Lane The Tempest, Bon Ton, The Minuet de la Cour, He's Aye Kissing Me No No Yes £209 7s 42% N/A
02 Nov 1778 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Camp, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits, Grand dance No No No £213 2s N/A N/A
27 Nov 1778 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Camp, Grand Dance No No No £127 1s N/A N/A
08 May 1779 Drury Lane The Tempest, Comus No No Yes £138 5s N/A N/A
13 May 1779 Covent Garden Illumination, The Tempest, The Upholsterer No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Critic, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £189 4s 68% N/A
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