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 %
25 Jan 1772 Covent Garden Othello, An Hour Before Marriage No No No £198 16s 6d N/A N/A
31 Oct 1772 Drury Lane Othello, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair Yes No No £168 19s 53% N/A
29 Apr 1773 Drury Lane Othello, The Irish Widow, Comic Dance, The Irish Fair No No Yes £253 4s 6d N/A N/A
20 Nov 1773 Drury Lane Othello, The Pigmy Revels Yes No No £160 8s 6d 42% N/A
27 Nov 1773 Covent Garden Othello, Catherine and Petruchio, The Highland Reel No No No £188 1s 57% N/A
29 Nov 1773 Covent Garden Othello, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £137 1s 43% N/A
12 Apr 1774 Drury Lane Othello, Florizel and Perdita, Bucks Have At Ye All No No Yes £199 16s 49% N/A
15 Dec 1774 Covent Garden Othello, The Golden Pippin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1775 Covent Garden Othello, The Golden Pippin Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1775 Drury Lane Othello, The Elopement No No No £220 4s N/A N/A
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