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 %
25 Nov 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love-a-la-Mode No No No £262 3s 53% N/A
08 Dec 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love-a-la-Mode No No No £191 16s 6d 34% N/A
26 Jan 1802 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love-a-la-Mode No No No £282 11s 6d 44% N/A
02 Oct 1802 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love a-la-Mode No No No £226 10s 6d 46% N/A
15 Dec 1802 Drury Lane The Merchant of Venice, The Doctor and the Apothecary No No Yes £292 10s 6d 51% N/A
09 Feb 1803 Drury Lane The Merchant of Venice, Love and Magic No No No £190 6s 34% N/A
19 Nov 1803 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, The Review; or, The Wags of Windsor No No No £257 16s 49% N/A
15 Dec 1803 Drury Lane The Merchant of Venice, The Caravan; or, The Driver and his Dog No No No £153 1s 6d 39% N/A
26 May 1804 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Valentine and Orson No No No £242 9s 6d N/A N/A
07 Dec 1805 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, The Review No No No £225 19s 6d 66% N/A
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