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 %
18 Nov 1773 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Merry Sailors, The Highland Reel No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1774 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, A Peep behind the Curtain No No Yes £133 12s 46% N/A
18 May 1775 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Minuet, The Vintage Festival No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 May 1775 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, New Comic Dance, The Enchantress No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1775 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Oct 1775 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, The Gamesters No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1775 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Jubilee, The Merry Peasants No No No £197 N/A N/A
02 Jan 1776 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Jubilee, The Merry Peasants No No No £243 8s 6d N/A N/A
13 Apr 1776 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Minuet, Rural Merriment, The Pilgrim No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1776 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, Mirth and Jollity No No No £196 8s 58% N/A
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