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 %
19 Oct 1808 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, The Forest of Hermanstadt No No No £354 17s 100% N/A
02 Nov 1808 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, The Blind Boy No No No £228 9s 47% N/A
16 Jan 1809 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Harlequin and Mother Goose No No No £243 9s 35% N/A
07 Apr 1809 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Harlequin and Mother Goose No No No £193 2s 6d 100% N/A
27 Apr 1809 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love a La Mode No No No £156 15s 39% N/A
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