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 %
15 Nov 1754 Covent Garden Othello, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1754 Covent Garden Othello, The Lover His Own Rival, Comic Entertainment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1755 Covent Garden Othello, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1755 Covent Garden Othello, Lady Moore or The Dragoness, Arm Arm Ye Brave, School of Anacreon No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1756 Covent Garden Othello, Orpheus and Eurydice Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1756 Covent Garden Othello, The Honest Yorkshireman, Fingalian Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1756 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, The Englishman Returnd from Paris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1756 Covent Garden Othello, The Cheats of Scapin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1756 Covent Garden Othello, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1756 Covent Garden Othello, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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