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 %
24 Jan 1788 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, New Divertisement No No No £265 18s 6d 53% N/A
01 Feb 1788 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Humourist, The Capricious Lovers, Scotch Dance, The Lucky Return No Yes No £238 6s 6d 50% N/A
16 Feb 1788 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode No No No £223 4s 6d 57% N/A
03 Apr 1788 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode No No No £185 5s 68% N/A
18 Oct 1788 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode No No No £208 16s 49% N/A
17 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Selima and Azor, Jamie's Return, Gavot, Minuet de la Cour No No No £156 5s 6d 50% N/A
07 May 1789 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Death of Captain Cook, Fortune's Favor No No Yes £278 13s 6d 70% N/A
06 Nov 1789 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Poor Soldier, Tamborine Dance No No No £147 7s 57% N/A
01 May 1790 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Bon Ton, Tambourine Dance No No No £147 19s 6d 58% N/A
10 Mar 1792 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Selima and Azor No No No £317 7s 51% N/A
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