Much Ado About Nothing (1623)

Author
William Shakespeare
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£29,806 18s £6,668 4s (22.4%) £23,138 14s (77.6%)
1732 - 1809
£29,806 18s - (100%) £6,668 4s (22.4%) £23,138 14s (77.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
190 47 143
1732 - 1809
190 47 143
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
17 Feb 1778 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Comus, The Provincalle No No No £90 6d 43% N/A
06 May 1778 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Jubilee No No No £168 12s 79% N/A
04 Nov 1778 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Camp, Country Dance No No No £156 15s N/A N/A
05 Jan 1779 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Irish Widow, Minuet de la Cour, Allemande No No No £74 11s N/A N/A
05 May 1779 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Comus, Grand Dance No No Yes £175 5s 6d N/A N/A
29 May 1779 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Miller of Mansfield, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £243 3s 100% N/A
31 Dec 1779 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Harlequin Every where, Masquerade, Country Dance No No No £171 12s 65% N/A
11 Jan 1780 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Harlequin Every where, Country Dance No No No £116 2s 37% N/A
17 Feb 1780 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Comus, Country Dance No No No £223 15s 6d 52% N/A
22 Apr 1780 Covent Garden Buxom Joan, Much Ado about Nothing, The Flitch of Bacon, Moderation and Alteration No No Yes £107 10s 6d 58% N/A
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