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 %
11 Jan 1757 Covent Garden Othello, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1757 Covent Garden Othello, The Cheats of Scapin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1757 Covent Garden Othello, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1757 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, Lethe, Jovial Coopers No No No £51 18s 6d 29% N/A
12 Dec 1757 Covent Garden Othello, The Lover His Own Rival, Fingalian Dance No No No £98 3s 6d N/A N/A
21 Feb 1758 Covent Garden Othello, The School Boy, Sicilian Peasants No No No £139 7s 6d 41% N/A
04 Apr 1758 Covent Garden Othello, Lethe, Sicilian Peasants, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £137 2s 6d 32% N/A
23 Oct 1758 Covent Garden Othello, The Double Disappointment, The Threshers No No No £68 17s 6d 31% N/A
17 Jan 1759 Covent Garden Othello, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £124 12s 6d 49% N/A
14 May 1759 Drury Lane Othello, The Diversions of the Morning, New Grand Dance No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
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