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
19 Oct 1775 Drury Lane Othello, The Elopement, The Merry Peasants No No No £114 19s 6d N/A N/A
28 Dec 1775 Drury Lane Othello, The Jubilee No No No £217 6d N/A N/A
11 Apr 1777 Drury Lane Othello, The Milesian, The Triumph of Love No No No £98 4s 6d 30% N/A
16 Apr 1777 Covent Garden Othello, The Experiment, Hunting Dance, The VIllagers No No Yes £224 1s 6d 56% N/A
01 Nov 1777 Covent Garden Othello, Comus No No No £160 3s 39% N/A
14 Nov 1777 Covent Garden Othello, Three Weeks after Marriage, The Garden of Love No No No £101 13s 47% N/A
04 Mar 1779 Covent Garden Othello, The Liverpool Prize, The Burgomaster No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Oct 1779 Drury Lane Othello, The Elopement No No No £109 2s 6d 48% N/A
01 Nov 1779 Drury Lane Othello, The Critic No No No £229 16s 6d 65% N/A
10 Nov 1779 Drury Lane Othello, The Critic No No No £168 8s 6d 57% N/A
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
27 Sep 1784 Covent Garden Othello, Harlequin Rambler No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Mar 1785 Drury Lane Othello, Liberty Hall No No No £259 14s N/A N/A
12 Mar 1785 Drury Lane Othello, All the Worlds a Stage No Yes No £291 N/A N/A
29 Mar 1785 Drury Lane Othello, Liberty Hall No No No £262 13s 6d N/A N/A
05 Apr 1785 Drury Lane Othello, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £225 10s N/A N/A
21 Apr 1785 Drury Lane Othello, Too Civil by Half, Comic Dance No No No £170 4s 6d N/A N/A
23 Apr 1785 Covent Garden Othello, The Poor Soldier No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1785 Covent Garden Othello, Midas, Leap Year, Moderation and Alteration No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Sep 1785 Drury Lane Othello, The Quaker No No No £280 16s 6d 100% N/A
10 Oct 1785 Drury Lane Othello, The Critic No No No £163 5s 6d 44% N/A
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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