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 %
24 May 1764 Drury Lane Othello, The Witches, Double Hornpipe, The Carpenters and the Fruit Dealers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Jan 1765 Covent Garden Othello, Catherine and Petruchio, Rural Love No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1765 Drury Lane Othello, The Guardian, New Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1765 Drury Lane Othello, The Devil to Pay, The Medley, The Irish Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1765 Drury Lane Othello, The Rites of Hecate, The Irish Milkmaids, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1765 Covent Garden Othello, The Shepherds Artifice, Medley Hornpipe, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1765 Covent Garden Othello, The Royal Chace or Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Feb 1766 Drury Lane Othello, Daphne and Amintor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1766 Drury Lane Othello, Harlequin's Invasion No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1766 Drury Lane Othello, Neck or Nothing No No No £116 15s 6d 40% N/A
09 May 1767 Drury Lane Othello, Daphne and Amintor, The Irish Lilt, Search After Scrubs No No Yes £68 5s 6d N/A N/A
29 Oct 1767 Drury Lane Othello, A Peep behind the Curtain No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1767 Drury Lane Othello, A Peep behind the Curtain No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1767 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, Midas, The Dutch Milkmaid No No No £205 1s N/A N/A
05 May 1768 Drury Lane Othello, Daphne and Amintor, The Medley Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1768 Drury Lane Othello, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1769 Drury Lane Othello, Queen Mab No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1769 Drury Lane Othello, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1769 Drury Lane Othello, The Register Office, The English Gardeners No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1770 Drury Lane Othello, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1770 Drury Lane Othello, The Jubilee No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1770 Drury Lane Othello, The Elopement No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1771 Covent Garden Othello, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1771 Covent Garden Othello, The Author, The Reel No No Yes £185 16s 49% N/A
07 Jan 1772 Drury Lane Othello, The Witches No No No £220 57% N/A
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