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 %
12 Oct 1799 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, No Song No Supper, Sigh No More, Ladies No No No £252 16s 100% N/A
05 Nov 1799 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Blue Beard, Sigh No More, Ladies No No No £137 2s 6d 40% N/A
30 May 1801 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Blue Beard No No Yes £360 13s 6d 75% N/A
22 May 1802 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, No Song No Supper No No Yes £331 10s 6d 39% N/A
30 May 1803 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Love and Magic Yes No Yes £496 15s 6d 25% N/A
02 Nov 1803 Covent Garden Arthur and Emmeline, Much Ado About Nothing No No No £146 6d 40% N/A
03 Nov 1804 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Caravan No No No £345 19s 100% N/A
07 Nov 1804 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Sigh No More, Ladies, A House to be Sold No No No £152 19s 6d 34% N/A
21 Jan 1806 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Harlequin's Magnet; or, The Scandinavian Sorcerer No No No £240 6s 6d 46% N/A
01 Nov 1806 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Soldier's Return No No No £181 6s 6d 43% N/A
20 Jan 1807 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Mother Goose No No No £399 1s 6d 62% N/A
14 Nov 1807 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Divorce No No No £247 12s 6d N/A N/A
30 Dec 1807 Covent Garden Much Ado about Nothing, Harlequin in his Element, Sigh No More, Ladies No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1808 Drury Lane Much ado about Nothing, Furibond; or, Harlequin Negro No No No £306 10s N/A N/A
16 May 1808 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Sigh No More, Ladies, Edgar and Emmeline, Tekeli, A Smile and a Tear No No Yes £538 18s 6d N/A N/A
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