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 %
28 Mar 1791 Drury Lane Othello, The Deaf Lover No No No £329 13s 6d N/A N/A
14 Feb 1792 Drury Lane Othello, The Citizen No No No £398 6s 6d 66% N/A
25 Apr 1792 Drury Lane Othello, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £372 1s 62% N/A
01 Oct 1792 Covent Garden Othello, The Irishman in London No No No £328 18s 100% N/A
28 Dec 1792 Drury Lane Othello, The Patron No No No £201 8s 41% N/A
20 Apr 1793 Drury Lane Othello, The Prize No No No £164 1s 32% N/A
23 Sep 1793 Covent Garden Othello, The Midnight Wanderers No No No £281 12s 100% N/A
21 May 1794 Covent Garden Othello, The Sailor's Festival, Hartford Bridge, The Lucky Escape No No Yes £339 19s 21% N/A
17 Sep 1794 Covent Garden Othello, Netley Abbey No No No £230 12s 6d 100% N/A
18 Nov 1794 Drury Lane Othello, The Wedding Day No No No £157 13s 37% N/A
24 Oct 1796 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, Harlequin's Treasure or Jewels New Set No No No £210 14s 6d 33% N/A
12 Dec 1796 Covent Garden Othello, Robin Hood No No No £102 18s 24% N/A
20 Mar 1797 Drury Lane Othello, Cape St Vincent, The Scotch Ghost No No No £219 6s 6d 39% N/A
23 Nov 1797 Drury Lane Othello, The Citizen No No No £237 7s 6d 59% N/A
15 Oct 1798 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, The Genoese Pirate or Black Beard, Dance of Negroes No No No £294 15s 6d 58% N/A
04 Oct 1799 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, The Maid of the Mill No No No £245 16s 100% N/A
18 Jun 1800 Drury Lane The Child Of Nature, Othello Moor of Venice, Crazy Jane, Imitations No No Yes £97 3s N/A N/A
28 Nov 1800 Covent Garden Othello, Moor of Venice, Il Bondocani No No No £295 14s 6d 68% N/A
03 Dec 1800 Covent Garden Othello, Moor of Venice, Il Bondcani, serio-comic musical drama No No No £283 15s 6d 63% N/A
11 Dec 1800 Covent Garden Othello, Moor of Venice, Il Bondocani, serio-comic musical drama No No No £271 15s 57% N/A
20 Dec 1800 Covent Garden Othello, Moor of Venice, Il Bondocani, serio-comic musical drama No No No £334 16s 6d 57% N/A
16 Jan 1801 Covent Garden Othello, Moor of Venice, Harlequin's Tour; or, The Dominion of Fancy, pantomime No No No £359 7s 68% N/A
10 Feb 1801 Covent Garden Othello, Moor of Venice, Paul and Virginia No No No £338 1s 6d 58% N/A
14 Mar 1801 Covent Garden Othello, Moor of Venice, Perouse; or, The Desolate Island No No No £287 3s 6d 42% N/A
10 Apr 1801 Covent Garden Othello, Moor of Venice, Paul and Virginia No No No £238 18s 56% N/A
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