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 %
07 May 1760 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Flora, The Drunken Peasant, The Lamp Lighters No No Yes £205 4s N/A N/A
17 May 1760 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode No No No £216 14s N/A N/A
26 Feb 1761 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode Yes No Yes £240 5s 6d N/A N/A
12 Mar 1761 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Hungarian Gambols, or a Provincial Rendevous No No No £191 13s N/A N/A
04 Apr 1761 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Thomas and Sally, The Hungarian Gambols No No No £55 9s 6d N/A N/A
04 May 1761 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Lying Valet, Last New Comic Dance, Tea ala Mode, The Cries of London No No Yes £250 14s 6d N/A N/A
21 Sep 1761 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, A Duke and no Duke, The Hungarian Gambols or a Provincial Rendezvous No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1764 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Minuet, Hornpipe, The Knife Grinders No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1765 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a La Mode, Minuet, Hornpipe, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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