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 %
10 Jan 1793 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, No Song No Supper, Sigh No More, Ladies No No No £237 6s 6d 43% N/A
18 Sep 1793 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Sprigs of Laurel No No No £203 12s 100% N/A
15 Jan 1794 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Harlequin And Faustus No No No £371 19s 6d 100% N/A
12 Nov 1794 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Arrived at Portsmouth, Masquerade Dance No No No £159 18s 33% N/A
12 Jan 1797 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Shipwreck, Sigh No More, Ladies No No No £115 14s 19% N/A
23 Mar 1797 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Cape St Vincent, Masquerade with a Dance, Sigh No More, Ladies, The Scotch Ghost No No No £189 6s 38% N/A
06 Oct 1797 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Diamond Cut Diamond, Masquerade Dance No No No £348 2s 100% N/A
09 Oct 1797 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Raymond and Agnes or The Castle of Lindenbergh, Masquerade Dance, Spanish Fandango No No No £270 12s 42% N/A
14 Dec 1797 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Round Tower, Masquerade Dance No No No £150 19s 32% N/A
15 Mar 1798 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Honest Thieves, Masquerade Dance, Queen Bess No Yes No £372 1s 6d 46% N/A
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