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 %
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
19 Oct 1780 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Humours of an Election, Masquerade Dance, The Humours of Leixlip No No No £118 12s 6d 51% N/A
30 Dec 1780 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Harlequin Free Mason, Masquerade Dance No No No £212 3s 61% N/A
15 Mar 1781 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £139 1s 36% N/A
03 May 1781 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Harlequin Free Mason No No Yes £213 32% N/A
05 Dec 1781 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Son in Law, The Belle of the Village No No No £158 9s 6d 52% N/A
19 Feb 1783 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Rosina No No No £244 12s 6d 46% N/A
03 Mar 1783 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Triumph of Mirth No No No £97 16s N/A N/A
25 Apr 1783 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Maid of the Oaks No No No £157 1s 6d 54% N/A
05 May 1783 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Maid of the Oaks No No No £193 18s 6d 80% N/A
09 Jan 1784 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Friar Bacon No No No £149 14s 40% N/A
21 Jan 1785 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Magic Cavern, Masquerade Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Jan 1785 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Magic Cavern, Masquerade Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1785 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Magic Cavern, Masquerade Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1785 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Comus, Masquerade Dance, The Wapping Landlady No No No £151 5s 37% N/A
24 Jan 1786 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Omai, Masquerade Dance No No No £196 19s 45% N/A
11 Apr 1787 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Guardian, Masquerade Dance, The Indian's Ransom No No Yes £197 17s 6d 50% N/A
07 Nov 1787 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Farmer, Masquerade Dance No No No £196 17s 6d 61% N/A
25 Jan 1788 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Farmer, Masquerade Dance No No No £218 15s 63% N/A
14 Apr 1788 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, High Life below Stairs, Masquerade Dance, Ally Croaker, New Divertisement No No Yes £296 19s 6d 59% N/A
30 Apr 1788 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Humourist No No Yes £92 14s N/A N/A
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