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
£29,963 6s 10d £16,120 17s 4d (53.8%) £13,842 9s 6d (46.2%)
1732 - 1809
£29,963 6s 10d - (100%) £16,120 17s 4d (53.8%) £13,842 9s 6d (46.2%)
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 %
28 Nov 1746 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice No Yes No £103 18s 6d 51% N/A
05 Dec 1746 Drury Lane Othello, The German Camp, The Vintage No No No £80 48% N/A
31 Dec 1746 Covent Garden Othello, Orpheus and Eurydice Yes No No £153 11s 49% N/A
01 Jan 1747 Drury Lane Othello, The Anatomist No No No £60 40% N/A
04 Feb 1747 Drury Lane Othello, The Lying Valet Yes No No £84 N/A N/A
24 Feb 1747 Drury Lane Othello, The Anatomist No No No £60 25% N/A
04 Apr 1747 Drury Lane Othello, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Sailors Dance No No Yes £134 N/A N/A
10 Apr 1747 Drury Lane Othello, The Double Disappointment, Comic Dance No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
26 Sep 1747 Drury Lane Othello Moor Of Venice, The Anatomist or The Sham Doctor No No No £114 1s 100% N/A
22 Oct 1747 Drury Lane Othello, The Anatomist No No No £124 11s 100% N/A
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