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 %
08 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Dockyard No No No £192 6s 49% N/A
28 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Embarkment for Cytherea, The Dockyard No No No £190 19s 6d 52% N/A
05 Apr 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Embarkment for Cytherea, The Shepherds Wedding No No Yes £268 58% N/A
29 Apr 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, Cupid Recruiting No No No £119 6d 71% N/A
12 May 1780 Covent Garden The Female Orators Or Ladies Debating Society, The Merchant of Venice, The Deaf Lover, Scotch ballad, The Humours of New Market No No Yes £177 3s 52% N/A
02 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Shepherds Wedding, The Humours of Leixlip No No No £246 4s 66% N/A
06 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, The Caledonian Shepherds No Yes No £287 56% N/A
09 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, The Caledonian Shepherds No No No £282 15s 66% N/A
16 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, The Caledonian Shepherds No No No £265 60% N/A
23 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Shepherds Wedding, Rural Merriment No No No £230 8s 69% N/A
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