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 %
30 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Shepherds Wedding, The Caledonian Shepherds No No No £254 1s 6d 56% N/A
07 Dec 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, Rural Merriment No No Yes £253 11s N/A N/A
14 Dec 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Shepherd's Wedding, The Humours of Leixlip No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Feb 1781 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Merry Sailors, The Shepherds Wedding No No No £171 46% N/A
20 Feb 1781 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Shepherds Wedding, The Caledonian Shepherds No No No £230 15s N/A N/A
20 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Chit Chat or The Penance of Polygamy, The Touchstone, The Shepherds Wedding, The Humours of Leixlip No No Yes £223 13s 6d 53% N/A
08 Nov 1781 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Belle of the Village, The Arcadian Festival No No No £217 6s 45% N/A
15 Nov 1781 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Belle of the Village, The Arcadian Festival No No No £166 5s 6d 46% N/A
04 Dec 1781 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Belle of the Village, The Arcadian Festival No No No £140 14s 6d 49% N/A
31 Jan 1782 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £243 17s 50% N/A
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