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 %
31 Oct 1771 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Comic Dance, The Tartars No No No £203 10s 6d 48% N/A
11 Jan 1772 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Lethe, The Amusements of Strasburgh No No No £245 11s 64% N/A
02 May 1772 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Mayor of Garratt, Scrub's Trip to the Jubilee, The Sailors' Revels, A Variety of Imitations No No Yes £141 2s 6d 41% N/A
13 May 1772 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Catherine and Petruchio, Comic Dance, Tambourine No No Yes £159 17s 51% N/A
04 Jan 1773 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Pigmy Revels, Comic Dance No No No £199 19s 53% N/A
05 Feb 1773 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Wedding Ring, Comic Dance No No No £138 15s 49% N/A
17 Apr 1773 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a La Mode, Minuet, Double Hornpipe, The Bird Catchers Yes No Yes £283 6d 56% N/A
24 May 1773 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Country Madcap, Hornpipe No No Yes £179 9s 59% N/A
05 Oct 1773 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Fingalian Dance, Double Hornpipe, The Irish Lilt No No No £206 15s 6d 54% N/A
14 Oct 1773 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Fingalian Dance, Double Hornpipe No No No £182 14s 52% N/A
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