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 Dec 1747 Drury Lane Othello, The Dragon of Wantly Yes No No £132 12s N/A N/A
09 Jan 1748 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1748 Covent Garden Othello, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1748 Drury Lane Othello, Damon and Phillida Yes No No £159 14s 6d N/A N/A
10 Feb 1748 Drury Lane Othello, Damon and Phillida No No No £135 7s N/A N/A
06 Apr 1748 Covent Garden Othello No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1748 Drury Lane Othello, The Judgment of Paris Yes No Yes £140 N/A N/A
04 Oct 1748 Drury Lane Othello Moor Of Venice, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No No £139 10s 6d N/A N/A
28 Oct 1748 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, Damon and Phillida Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1748 Drury Lane Othello, The Virgin Unmasked, L'Entree de Flore, Scots Sonato on Flute, Vertumnus and Pomona Yes No No £149 3s 6d 100% N/A
06 Jan 1749 Drury Lane Othello, Lethe No No No £158 16s 100% N/A
09 Mar 1749 Drury Lane Othello, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £289 N/A N/A
04 Oct 1749 Covent Garden Othello The Moor Of Venice, Damon and Phillida No No No £107 4s 6d 100% N/A
02 Nov 1749 Drury Lane Othello Moor Of Venice, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £160 2s 72% N/A
22 Nov 1749 Drury Lane Othello, The Anatomist Yes No No £151 1s 72% N/A
24 Nov 1749 Drury Lane Othello, The Intriguing Chambermaid Yes No No £151 9s 63% N/A
01 Dec 1749 Drury Lane Othello, The Anatomist Yes No No £103 14s 52% N/A
10 Mar 1750 Drury Lane Othello No Yes Yes £252 45% N/A
17 Oct 1750 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, The Mock Doctor, Grand Scots Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1750 Covent Garden Othello, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1751 Covent Garden Othello, The Devil to Pay, The Gondoliers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1751 Drury Lane Othello No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Mar 1751 Covent Garden Othello No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1751 Covent Garden Othello, The Devil to Pay, Grand Scotch Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1751 Covent Garden Othello, Damon and Phillida, Grand Scots Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1752 Covent Garden Othello, Apollo and Daphne Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1752 Covent Garden Othello, Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1752 Drury Lane Othello, Lethe No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
14 Apr 1752 Drury Lane Othello, Lethe No No Yes £89 N/A N/A
17 Apr 1752 Covent Garden Othello, The Oracle, Grand Comic Ballet, Concerto on harpsichord Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1752 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Dec 1752 Covent Garden Othello, The Fair No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1753 Drury Lane Othello, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Comic Dance, L'Entree de Flore No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
05 Apr 1753 Covent Garden Othello, The Lover His Own Rival, The Court of Comus, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Oct 1753 Covent Garden Othello The Moor Of Venice, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Jan 1754 Covent Garden Othello, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1754 Covent Garden Othello, The Knights, Les Taileurs Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1754 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1754 Covent Garden Othello, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1754 Covent Garden Othello, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
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
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
19 Oct 1761 Drury Lane Othello, The Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1762 Covent Garden Othello, Thomas and Sally Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1764 Drury Lane Othello, Thomas and Sally, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £268 11s N/A N/A
14 Apr 1764 Drury Lane Othello, The Lying Valet, The Faggot Binders Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1764 Drury Lane Othello, Thomas and Sally No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 May 1764 Drury Lane Othello, The Witches, Double Hornpipe, The Carpenters and the Fruit Dealers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Jan 1765 Covent Garden Othello, Catherine and Petruchio, Rural Love No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1765 Drury Lane Othello, The Guardian, New Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1765 Drury Lane Othello, The Devil to Pay, The Medley, The Irish Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1765 Drury Lane Othello, The Rites of Hecate, The Irish Milkmaids, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1765 Covent Garden Othello, The Shepherds Artifice, Medley Hornpipe, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1765 Covent Garden Othello, The Royal Chace or Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Feb 1766 Drury Lane Othello, Daphne and Amintor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1766 Drury Lane Othello, Harlequin's Invasion No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1766 Drury Lane Othello, Neck or Nothing No No No £116 15s 6d 40% N/A
09 May 1767 Drury Lane Othello, Daphne and Amintor, The Irish Lilt, Search After Scrubs No No Yes £68 5s 6d N/A N/A
29 Oct 1767 Drury Lane Othello, A Peep behind the Curtain No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1767 Drury Lane Othello, A Peep behind the Curtain No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1767 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, Midas, The Dutch Milkmaid No No No £205 1s N/A N/A
05 May 1768 Drury Lane Othello, Daphne and Amintor, The Medley Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1768 Drury Lane Othello, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1769 Drury Lane Othello, Queen Mab No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1769 Drury Lane Othello, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1769 Drury Lane Othello, The Register Office, The English Gardeners No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1770 Drury Lane Othello, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1770 Drury Lane Othello, The Jubilee No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1770 Drury Lane Othello, The Elopement No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1771 Covent Garden Othello, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1771 Covent Garden Othello, The Author, The Reel No No Yes £185 16s 49% N/A
07 Jan 1772 Drury Lane Othello, The Witches No No No £220 57% N/A
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