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 %
22 Jan 1784 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Harlequin Junior, Pastoral Lovers, New Comic Ballet No No No £167 19s 6d 52% N/A
24 Jan 1784 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Harlequin Junior, The Pastoral Lovers, New Comic Ballet No No No £149 10s 6d 47% N/A
18 Mar 1784 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Rosina, The Rival Nymphs, The Belle of the Village No No No £222 11s 58% N/A
22 Mar 1784 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Harlequin Junior, The Jovial Sailors, The Sportmen's Return No No No £139 13s 46% N/A
10 Jun 1784 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Comus, Sweet Echo No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1784 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Leap Year, or A New Way of Wooing, The Charms of the Camp, or The Female Volunteer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1785 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Pastoral Sports, The Belle of the Village No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Leap Year, The Piping Pedlar No No No £222 7s 6d 50% N/A
27 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love in a Camp, Leap Year, The Piping Pedlar No Yes No £264 1s 68% N/A
06 Apr 1786 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Catherine and Petruchio, The Lucky Return, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £284 2s 6d 41% N/A
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