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 %
25 Jan 1768 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Hornpipe, New Comic Dance, The Merry Sailors No Yes No £234 11s N/A N/A
29 Feb 1768 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Dutch Milkmaid Yes No Yes £258 13s N/A N/A
24 Mar 1768 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Absent Man, The Wake, Linco's Travels Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1768 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Minuet, The Irish Lilt, The Provenzales Yes No Yes £210 3s 6d N/A N/A
12 Apr 1768 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Amelia, The Provenzales, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £235 5s N/A N/A
16 Apr 1768 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Elopement, The Wake, Linco's Travels, The Medley Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1768 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Harlequin's Invasion, The Wake No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Nov 1768 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Padlock, New Comic Dance, The Piedmontese Mountaineer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1768 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, High Life below Stairs, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Queen Mab, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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