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 Nov 1800 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love A-la-Mode No No No £262 2s 6d 50% N/A
26 Nov 1800 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Il Bondocani No Yes No £402 4s 68% N/A
02 Jan 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Harlequin's Tour; or, The Dominion of Fancy No No No £356 6s 64% N/A
29 Jan 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Harlequin's Tour; or, The Dominion of Fancy, pantomime No No No £337 7s 6d 52% N/A
07 Mar 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Perouse; or, The Desolate Island No No No £346 2s 9d 43% N/A
18 Apr 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love a-la-mode No No No £222 4s 49% N/A
13 May 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love a-la-Mode No No No £214 8s 6d 38% N/A
27 May 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love a la Mode No No Yes £246 8s 44% N/A
03 Oct 1801 Drury Lane The Merchant of Venice, Blue Beard; or, Female Curiosity No No No £233 4s 32% N/A
21 Oct 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love-a-la-Mode No No No £322 16s 6d 56% N/A
Download Export