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 %
18 May 1798 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Farmer No No Yes £401 16s 2d 14% N/A
13 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Children in the Wood No No No £156 14s 38% N/A
07 Jun 1799 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Brilliants, Comus, Naiads, Maria, Or the Beggar Girl, The Negro Boy No No Yes £287 7s 10% N/A
08 Nov 1799 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £173 14s 6d 42% N/A
21 Apr 1800 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Deserter No No No £245 19s 53% N/A
19 May 1800 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £353 10s 6d 34% N/A
18 Oct 1800 Drury Lane The Merchant of Venice, Of Age To-morrow No No No £433 2s 6d 100% N/A
05 Nov 1800 Drury Lane The Merchant of Venice, The Humourist, Actaeon and Diana No No No £294 3s 55% N/A
10 Nov 1800 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Oscar and Malvina No No No £301 16s 41% N/A
13 Nov 1800 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love A-la-Mode No Yes No £267 1s 6d 60% N/A
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