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
£27,482 10s £6,320 1s (23%) £21,162 9s (77%)
1732 - 1809
£27,482 10s - (100%) £6,320 1s (23%) £21,162 9s (77%)
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 %
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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