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
£39,521 2s 3d £24,875 12s 3d (62.9%) £14,645 10s (37.1%)
1732 - 1809
£39,521 2s 3d - (100%) £24,875 12s 3d (62.9%) £14,645 10s (37.1%)
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 %
02 Nov 1741 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Le Genereux Corsaire No No No £126 N/A N/A
03 Nov 1741 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Les Masons, Les Sabotiers No No No £118 100% N/A
07 Nov 1741 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Les Masons, Le Genereux Corsaire, Les Sabotiers No No No £100 N/A N/A
17 Nov 1741 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Les Matelotes, Happy Pair, Le Genereux Corsaire No No No £90 N/A N/A
02 Dec 1741 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Swiss, Dutch Dance, Les Jardiniers Suedois, Les Matelotes, Sailors Dance No Yes No £130 100% N/A
22 Dec 1741 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Le Genereux Corsaire, Les Jardiniers Suedois Yes No No £50 N/A N/A
11 Jan 1742 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, See from the Silent Groves, Les Matelotes, Les Satires Puny Yes No No £100 N/A N/A
06 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Les Egyptiens, Happy Pair, Les Satires Puny, Early Horn No No No £110 N/A N/A
18 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Harlequin Shipwrecked, Celia Has Ten Thousand Charms, The Swiss No No No £100 N/A N/A
23 Apr 1742 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The King and Miller of Mansfield, La Matelote, Let Me Wander Not Unseen, Bumper Squire Jones, Pastor Fido No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
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