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 %
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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