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 %
26 Jan 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Queen Mab No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Mar 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Padlock, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Register Office, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Deuce Is in Him, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Padlock, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Dec 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1770 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Upholsterer, The Whim No No Yes £207 5s 6d N/A N/A
05 Apr 1770 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Whim, Minuet No No Yes £290 8s N/A N/A
29 May 1770 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Jubilee No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1770 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Jubilee, The Rabbit Sellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1770 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, A Trip to Scotland, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1771 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Minuet, An Allemande No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Elopement, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1771 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Padlock, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Oct 1771 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Padlock, Comic Dance No No No £185 17s 100% N/A
22 Oct 1771 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Lamplighter No No No £244 19s 6d 64% N/A
24 Oct 1771 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Corsican Sailor's Punch House No No No £240 9s 6d 51% N/A
26 Oct 1771 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Jealous Woodcutters, The Merry Sailors Yes No No £209 1s 64% N/A
29 Oct 1771 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Corsican Sailors, Corsican Sailor's Punch House, The Lamplighter No No No £195 3s 6d 51% N/A
31 Oct 1771 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Comic Dance, The Tartars No No No £203 10s 6d 48% N/A
11 Jan 1772 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Lethe, The Amusements of Strasburgh No No No £245 11s 64% N/A
02 May 1772 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Mayor of Garratt, Scrub's Trip to the Jubilee, The Sailors' Revels, A Variety of Imitations No No Yes £141 2s 6d 41% N/A
13 May 1772 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Catherine and Petruchio, Comic Dance, Tambourine No No Yes £159 17s 51% N/A
04 Jan 1773 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Pigmy Revels, Comic Dance No No No £199 19s 53% N/A
05 Feb 1773 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Wedding Ring, Comic Dance No No No £138 15s 49% N/A
17 Apr 1773 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a La Mode, Minuet, Double Hornpipe, The Bird Catchers Yes No Yes £283 6d 56% N/A
24 May 1773 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Country Madcap, Hornpipe No No Yes £179 9s 59% N/A
05 Oct 1773 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Fingalian Dance, Double Hornpipe, The Irish Lilt No No No £206 15s 6d 54% N/A
14 Oct 1773 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Fingalian Dance, Double Hornpipe No No No £182 14s 52% N/A
18 Nov 1773 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Merry Sailors, The Highland Reel No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1774 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, A Peep behind the Curtain No No Yes £133 12s 46% N/A
18 May 1775 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Minuet, The Vintage Festival No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 May 1775 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, New Comic Dance, The Enchantress No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1775 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Oct 1775 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, The Gamesters No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1775 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Jubilee, The Merry Peasants No No No £197 N/A N/A
02 Jan 1776 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Jubilee, The Merry Peasants No No No £243 8s 6d N/A N/A
13 Apr 1776 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Minuet, Rural Merriment, The Pilgrim No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1776 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, Mirth and Jollity No No No £196 8s 58% N/A
22 Nov 1776 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, The Frolick No No No £179 7s 6d 50% N/A
19 Dec 1776 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, Pastoral Dance No No No £170 12s 6d 63% N/A
15 Jan 1777 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Pastoral Dance, Mirth and Jollity No No No £208 2s 6d 51% N/A
15 Feb 1777 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Shepherd's Wedding, Pastoral Dance No No No £210 15s 47% N/A
22 Mar 1777 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Pastoral Dance, Mirth and Jollity No No Yes £273 16s 45% N/A
19 Apr 1777 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Minuet, The Shepherd's Wedding, The Frolick No No Yes £191 16s 61% N/A
14 Oct 1777 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Quaker, Rural Grace No No No £234 6s 6d 100% N/A
16 Oct 1777 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Quaker, Rural Grace No No No £136 5s 40% N/A
16 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Humours of Leixlip, The Shepherds Wedding No No No £205 8s 60% N/A
28 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Humours of Leixlip, The Shepherds Wedding No No No £149 1s 6d 39% N/A
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