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 %
26 Jan 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Queen Mab No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Mar 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Padlock, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Register Office, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Deuce Is in Him, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Padlock, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Dec 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1770 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Upholsterer, The Whim No No Yes £207 5s 6d N/A N/A
05 Apr 1770 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Whim, Minuet No No Yes £290 8s N/A N/A
29 May 1770 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Jubilee No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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