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 %
07 May 1742 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Miss Lucy in Town No No No £100 N/A N/A
11 Sep 1742 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Mock Doctor No No No £95 13s 100% N/A
23 Sep 1742 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Concerto, Happy Pair, Tyrolean Dance, Peasant Dance No Yes No £93 14s 100% N/A
25 Oct 1742 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Mock Doctor, Les Matelotes, Turkish Seraglio No No No £41 14s N/A N/A
27 Nov 1742 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Les Matelotes, Turkish Seraglio No No No £43 13s N/A N/A
21 Jan 1743 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Neopolitan Punch, Italian Gardiners No No No £64 1s N/A N/A
15 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The What DYe Call It, Gentle Parthenissa, Concerto on German flute, Caesar and Urania No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1743 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Lying Valet, Serious Ballet, Tyrolean Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Mar 1744 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Lottery, My Faith and Truth, Scotch Dance, Britons Strike Home No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1744 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Rape of Proserpine, Bacchanalian Song, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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