Othello (1622)

Author
William Shakespeare
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragedy
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
£32,894 17s 10d £17,895 11s 4d (54.4%) £14,999 6s 6d (45.6%)
1732 - 1809
£32,894 17s 10d - (100%) £17,895 11s 4d (54.4%) £14,999 6s 6d (45.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
314 178 136
1732 - 1809
314 178 136
Notes
Performed first 1601-4.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
01 Oct 1782 Drury Lane Othello, Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs No No No £152 6d 100% N/A
24 Sep 1783 Covent Garden Othello, The Quaker No No No £288 12s 6d 100% N/A
29 Sep 1783 Covent Garden Othello, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £239 8s 6d 100% N/A
27 Dec 1783 Covent Garden Othello, Friar Bacon No No No £198 2s 62% N/A
21 May 1784 Drury Lane Othello, A Fete, The Rival Candidates, Hornpipe, Poor Thomas Day, Thou hast gone awa' from me Mary, They say there is an Echo here, The Sportsmen's Return No No Yes £176 6s 38% N/A
27 Sep 1784 Covent Garden Othello, Harlequin Rambler No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Mar 1785 Drury Lane Othello, Liberty Hall No No No £259 14s N/A N/A
12 Mar 1785 Drury Lane Othello, All the Worlds a Stage No Yes No £291 N/A N/A
29 Mar 1785 Drury Lane Othello, Liberty Hall No No No £262 13s 6d N/A N/A
05 Apr 1785 Drury Lane Othello, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £225 10s N/A N/A
21 Apr 1785 Drury Lane Othello, Too Civil by Half, Comic Dance No No No £170 4s 6d N/A N/A
23 Apr 1785 Covent Garden Othello, The Poor Soldier No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1785 Covent Garden Othello, Midas, Leap Year, Moderation and Alteration No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Sep 1785 Drury Lane Othello, The Quaker No No No £280 16s 6d 100% N/A
10 Oct 1785 Drury Lane Othello, The Critic No No No £163 5s 6d 44% N/A
23 Jan 1787 Drury Lane Othello, The First Floor No No No £253 11s 6d 58% N/A
12 Oct 1787 Covent Garden Othello, The Romp No No No £196 7s 100% N/A
15 Oct 1787 Covent Garden Othello, Orpheus and Eurydice or The Metamorphoses of Harlequin No No No £262 4s 66% N/A
27 Oct 1787 Drury Lane Othello, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £117 16s 32% N/A
18 Apr 1788 Covent Garden Othello, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £184 9s 6d 47% N/A
16 Oct 1789 Covent Garden Othello, Tom Thumb No No No £242 16s 6d 100% N/A
26 Oct 1789 Covent Garden Othello, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £216 7s 52% N/A
30 Nov 1789 Drury Lane Othello, The Padlock No No No £139 15s 35% N/A
15 May 1790 Covent Garden Othello, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £200 6s 57% N/A
08 Nov 1790 Covent Garden Othello, The Fugitive No No No £144 14s 6d 35% N/A
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