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 %
20 Jan 1789 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Rosina No No No £248 7s 66% N/A
27 Nov 1789 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Island of St Marguerite No No No £146 13s 6d 43% N/A
09 Dec 1789 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Island of St Marguerite, Minuet, Sigh No More, Ladies, Gavot No No No £161 17s 43% N/A
18 Dec 1789 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Island of St Marguerite, Minuet, Sigh No More, Ladies, Gavot No No No £182 12s 6d 56% N/A
26 Dec 1789 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Harlequin's Frolicks or The Power of Witchcraft, Minuet, Sigh No More, Ladies, Gavot, Grand Ballet No No No £217 4s 6d 47% N/A
06 Jan 1790 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Island of St Marguerite, Minuet, Sigh No More, Ladies, Gavot No No No £137 8s 44% N/A
03 Feb 1790 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Deaf Lover, Minuet, Sigh No More, Ladies, Gavot, The Irish Bird Catchers No No No £126 17s 6d 39% N/A
12 May 1790 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Piety in Pattens, The Follies of a Day, Minuet, Sigh No More, Ladies, Gavot No No Yes £220 5s 6d 23% N/A
02 Nov 1792 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Prisoner, Sigh No More, Ladies No No No £125 11s 6d 33% N/A
27 Dec 1792 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Harlequin's Invasion, Sigh No More, Ladies No No No £217 19s 42% N/A
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