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 %
03 Nov 1749 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Lottery, The Grand Scotch Dance, Venetian Gardeners Yes No No £103 10s 75% N/A
30 Nov 1749 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Lottery Yes No No £112 8s 74% N/A
27 Jan 1750 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Anatomist, Swedish Gardeners No No No £162 5s 57% N/A
23 Feb 1750 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Devil to Pay, Acis and Galatea Yes No No £124 10s 6d 55% N/A
29 Mar 1750 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Lethe, Venetian Gardeners No No Yes £151 7s 6d 63% N/A
07 Nov 1750 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Chaplet No No No £100 N/A N/A
23 Nov 1750 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Lying Valet Yes No No £80 N/A N/A
11 Apr 1751 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, A Duke and no Duke, Provincial Dance, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes £230 N/A N/A
25 Apr 1751 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, A Duke and no Duke No No Yes £164 N/A N/A
11 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Lottery Yes No No £120 N/A N/A
01 Nov 1751 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Queen Mab No No No £150 N/A N/A
27 Nov 1751 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Queen Mab No No No £200 N/A N/A
08 Jan 1752 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Harlequin Ranger No No No £180 N/A N/A
23 Jan 1752 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Taste Yes No No £160 N/A N/A
19 Mar 1752 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, A Duke and no Duke No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
09 Apr 1752 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Shepherds Lottery No No Yes £128 N/A N/A
19 Oct 1752 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Chaplet, Les Tonneliers de Strasburgh No No No £140 N/A N/A
13 Nov 1752 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Harlequin Ranger No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jan 1753 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Genii No No No £200 N/A N/A
17 Jan 1753 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Genii Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
26 Mar 1753 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, A Duke and no Duke, Masquerade Dance, Basque, Country Dance, Minuet, The Louvre, The Matelot No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
27 Sep 1753 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Anatomist No No No £150 100% N/A
21 Nov 1753 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Genii No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1754 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Fortunatus No No No £190 N/A N/A
30 Mar 1754 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Lethe, Masquerade Dance No No Yes £260 N/A N/A
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