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 %
20 Apr 1786 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, All the Worlds a Stage, The Lucky Return, Minuet de la Cour No No No £219 4s 54% N/A
29 Apr 1786 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Daphne and Amintor, The Minuet de la Cour, The Lucky Return, The Sailors' Revels No No No £203 3s 6d 55% N/A
13 May 1786 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Daphne and Amintor, The Lucky Return No No No £154 11s 6d N/A N/A
12 Oct 1786 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Piping Pedlar No No No £250 16s 6d 52% N/A
19 Dec 1786 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Drunken Sailor Reclaim'd No No No £194 2s 6d 49% N/A
08 Feb 1787 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Irish Lilt No No No £222 10s 6d 46% N/A
24 Nov 1787 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Hurly Burly, The Capricious Lovers No No No £236 16s 6d 52% N/A
05 Jan 1788 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Minor, The Capricious Lovers, Scotch Dance, The Lucky Return No No No £211 8s 6d 46% N/A
10 Jan 1788 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Piping Pedlar No No No £309 2s 71% N/A
12 Jan 1788 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Minor, Scotch Dance, The Lucky Return No No No £218 12s 6d 47% N/A
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