The Merchant of Venice (1600)

Author
William Shakespeare
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£43,264 3s 5d £27,973 15s 5d (64.7%) £15,290 8s (35.3%)
1732 - 1809
£43,264 3s 5d - (100%) £27,973 15s 5d (64.7%) £15,290 8s (35.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
325 176 149
1732 - 1809
325 176 149
Notes
Performed first 1596-98.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
23 Dec 1756 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Cheats of Scapin Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1757 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Mercury Harlequin No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
30 Sep 1757 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Harlequin Sorcerer With the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine No No No £124 4s 6d 100% N/A
06 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Jovial Coopers No No No £56 1s 6d 22% N/A
18 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Diversions of the Morning, The German Hunters, Spanish Dance No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
13 Jan 1759 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Fortunatus, The German Hunters No No No £185 15s 61% N/A
19 Jan 1759 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Fortunatus, The German Hunters No Yes No £174 18s 6d 77% N/A
03 May 1759 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Don Quixote in England, The Fingalian Dance No No Yes £184 6d N/A N/A
12 Dec 1759 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Dutch Dance No No No £190 79% N/A
13 Dec 1759 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode No No No £90 34% N/A
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