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 %
17 May 1759 Covent Garden Othello, Miss in Her Teens, The Threshers, Hornpipe No No Yes £264 5s N/A N/A
19 Dec 1759 Covent Garden Othello, The Fair No No No £114 2s 39% N/A
22 Apr 1760 Covent Garden Othello, The Miller of Mansfield, Fingalian Dance, Comic Dance, Minuet, The Milk Maids Holiday Yes No Yes £104 1s 6d N/A N/A
18 Oct 1760 Covent Garden Othello, Harlequin Skeleton, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £94 15s N/A N/A
17 Jan 1761 Covent Garden Othello, Thomas and Sally No No No £114 4s 6d N/A N/A
28 Mar 1761 Drury Lane Othello, Harlequin's Invasion No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1761 Drury Lane Othello, Lethe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Jun 1761 Covent Garden Othello, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe Yes No Yes £79 15s 6d 100% N/A
13 Oct 1761 Covent Garden Othello, The Fair No No No £131 6d N/A N/A
17 Oct 1761 Drury Lane Othello, The Coronation, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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