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 %
08 Jan 1780 Drury Lane Othello, Fortunatus No No No £198 5s 6d 51% N/A
11 May 1780 Drury Lane Othello, The Critic No No No £82 4s 6d 42% N/A
10 Nov 1780 Covent Garden Othello, Tom Thumb No No No £149 18s 53% N/A
29 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Othello, The Lyar No No No £94 11s 6d 33% N/A
23 Apr 1782 Drury Lane Othello, Catherine and Petruchio, The Distress'd Lovers No No Yes £208 4s 6d 31% N/A
01 Oct 1782 Drury Lane Othello, Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs No No No £152 6d 100% N/A
24 Sep 1783 Covent Garden Othello, The Quaker No No No £288 12s 6d 100% N/A
29 Sep 1783 Covent Garden Othello, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £239 8s 6d 100% N/A
27 Dec 1783 Covent Garden Othello, Friar Bacon No No No £198 2s 62% N/A
21 May 1784 Drury Lane Othello, A Fete, The Rival Candidates, Hornpipe, Poor Thomas Day, Thou hast gone awa' from me Mary, They say there is an Echo here, The Sportsmen's Return No No Yes £176 6s 38% N/A
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