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 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Deserter, Minuet de la Cour No No No £92 8s 41% N/A
28 Jan 1778 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Two Misers, The Garden of Love, The Cricketters No Yes No £282 9s 51% N/A
24 Mar 1778 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, All in the Downs; or, Farewell to Deal, La Soiree a-la-Mode No No Yes £212 8s N/A N/A
24 Apr 1778 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £160 7s 31% N/A
17 Oct 1778 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Camp, The Force of Love No No No £225 12s N/A N/A
19 Jan 1779 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Wonders of Derbyshire, Minuet de la Cour, Allemande No No No £190 13s N/A N/A
14 May 1779 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Who's the Dupe?, The Coopers, The Humours of Newmarket No Yes No £216 2s 6d N/A N/A
11 Nov 1779 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love A la mode, The Husband Deceived, The Shepherds Wedding No No No £188 8s 6d 52% N/A
20 Nov 1779 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love A la mode, The Dockyard, The Shepherds Wedding No No No £154 8s 45% N/A
04 Dec 1779 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Mirror, The Dockyard No No No £175 4s 57% N/A
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