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 %
23 Jan 1787 Drury Lane Othello, The First Floor No No No £253 11s 6d 58% N/A
12 Oct 1787 Covent Garden Othello, The Romp No No No £196 7s 100% N/A
15 Oct 1787 Covent Garden Othello, Orpheus and Eurydice or The Metamorphoses of Harlequin No No No £262 4s 66% N/A
27 Oct 1787 Drury Lane Othello, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £117 16s 32% N/A
18 Apr 1788 Covent Garden Othello, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £184 9s 6d 47% N/A
16 Oct 1789 Covent Garden Othello, Tom Thumb No No No £242 16s 6d 100% N/A
26 Oct 1789 Covent Garden Othello, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £216 7s 52% N/A
30 Nov 1789 Drury Lane Othello, The Padlock No No No £139 15s 35% N/A
15 May 1790 Covent Garden Othello, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £200 6s 57% N/A
08 Nov 1790 Covent Garden Othello, The Fugitive No No No £144 14s 6d 35% N/A
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