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 %
20 Jan 1804 Covent Garden Othello, Love Laughs at Locksmiths No No No £417 4s 6d 50% N/A
27 Jan 1804 Covent Garden Othello, Love Laughs at Locksmiths No No No £288 13s 47% N/A
03 Feb 1804 Covent Garden Othello, The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier No No No £250 16s 46% N/A
27 Feb 1804 Covent Garden Othello, Oscar and Malvina No No No £298 14s 6d 43% N/A
27 Apr 1804 Covent Garden Othello, Valentine and Orson No No No £305 15s 6d 67% N/A
17 May 1804 Covent Garden Othello, Valentine and Orson No No No £221 9s 6d 69% N/A
22 May 1805 Covent Garden Othello, The Irish Widow No No Yes £447 8s 64% N/A
11 Oct 1805 Drury Lane Othello, The Irishman in London No No No £123 17s 6d 24% N/A
12 Oct 1805 Covent Garden Othello, the Moor of Venice, The Poor Soldier No No No £331 14s 6d 66% N/A
17 Oct 1805 Covent Garden Othello, the Moor of Venice, The Farmer, The Passions, an Ode to Music No No No £235 14s 63% N/A
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