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 %
12 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Critic, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £115 8s 6d 48% N/A
30 Dec 1779 Drury Lane The Tempest, Who's The Dupe?, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits, The Sportsman Deceived No No No £96 19s 37% N/A
13 Mar 1780 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Quaker, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits, Grand New Dance No Yes No £271 14s 49% N/A
24 Apr 1780 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Jubilee, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £151 2s 36% N/A
23 Sep 1780 Drury Lane The Tempest, All the World's a Stage, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £144 9s 6d 100% N/A
12 Dec 1780 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Jubilee, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £184 11s 6d 47% N/A
03 Jan 1781 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £86 18s 26% N/A
13 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Divorce, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £135 8s 55% N/A
12 Feb 1782 Drury Lane The Tempest, Robinson Crusoe No No No £102 12s 6d N/A N/A
06 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £104 9s 6d N/A N/A
09 Nov 1784 Drury Lane The Tempest, Bon Ton, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £162 11s N/A N/A
18 Nov 1784 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin Junior No No No £80 8s 6d N/A N/A
10 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin Junior No No No £173 5s N/A N/A
18 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Alchymist No No No £120 5s N/A N/A
28 Mar 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, Rosina, Comic Dance No No Yes £321 9s N/A N/A
28 Apr 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Humourist No No No £88 6d N/A N/A
17 Oct 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, All the Worlds a Stage, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £183 8s 6d 35% N/A
10 Nov 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Lyar, Dance of Spirits No No No £83 14s 26% N/A
24 Nov 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Romp, Dance of Spirits No No No £108 11s 6d 49% N/A
07 Mar 1786 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Virgin Unmasked, Dance of Spirits No No No £99 14s 37% N/A
05 Dec 1786 Drury Lane The Tempest, Catherine and Petruchio, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £91 19s N/A N/A
27 Dec 1786 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, Dance of Spirits No No No £173 6s 6d 45% N/A
09 Jan 1787 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin's Invasion, Dance of Spirits No No No £150 9s 37% N/A
04 Jun 1787 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Humourist, Dance of Spirits, Cotillion, Minuet No No Yes £283 19s 6d N/A N/A
13 Oct 1789 Drury Lane The Tempest Or The Enchanted Island, The First Floor, Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £154 13s 6d 44% N/A
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