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 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Deserter, Minuet de la Cour No No No £92 8s 41% N/A
28 Jan 1778 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Two Misers, The Garden of Love, The Cricketters No Yes No £282 9s 51% N/A
24 Mar 1778 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, All in the Downs; or, Farewell to Deal, La Soiree a-la-Mode No No Yes £212 8s N/A N/A
24 Apr 1778 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £160 7s 31% N/A
17 Oct 1778 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Camp, The Force of Love No No No £225 12s N/A N/A
19 Jan 1779 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Wonders of Derbyshire, Minuet de la Cour, Allemande No No No £190 13s N/A N/A
14 May 1779 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Who's the Dupe?, The Coopers, The Humours of Newmarket No Yes No £216 2s 6d N/A N/A
11 Nov 1779 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love A la mode, The Husband Deceived, The Shepherds Wedding No No No £188 8s 6d 52% N/A
20 Nov 1779 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love A la mode, The Dockyard, The Shepherds Wedding No No No £154 8s 45% N/A
04 Dec 1779 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Mirror, The Dockyard No No No £175 4s 57% N/A
08 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Dockyard No No No £192 6s 49% N/A
28 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Embarkment for Cytherea, The Dockyard No No No £190 19s 6d 52% N/A
05 Apr 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Embarkment for Cytherea, The Shepherds Wedding No No Yes £268 58% N/A
29 Apr 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, Cupid Recruiting No No No £119 6d 71% N/A
12 May 1780 Covent Garden The Female Orators Or Ladies Debating Society, The Merchant of Venice, The Deaf Lover, Scotch ballad, The Humours of New Market No No Yes £177 3s 52% N/A
02 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Shepherds Wedding, The Humours of Leixlip No No No £246 4s 66% N/A
06 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, The Caledonian Shepherds No Yes No £287 56% N/A
09 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, The Caledonian Shepherds No No No £282 15s 66% N/A
16 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, The Caledonian Shepherds No No No £265 60% N/A
23 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Shepherds Wedding, Rural Merriment No No No £230 8s 69% N/A
30 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Shepherds Wedding, The Caledonian Shepherds No No No £254 1s 6d 56% N/A
07 Dec 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Pilgrim, Rural Merriment No No Yes £253 11s N/A N/A
14 Dec 1780 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Shepherd's Wedding, The Humours of Leixlip No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Feb 1781 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Merry Sailors, The Shepherds Wedding No No No £171 46% N/A
20 Feb 1781 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Shepherds Wedding, The Caledonian Shepherds No No No £230 15s N/A N/A
20 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Chit Chat or The Penance of Polygamy, The Touchstone, The Shepherds Wedding, The Humours of Leixlip No No Yes £223 13s 6d 53% N/A
08 Nov 1781 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Belle of the Village, The Arcadian Festival No No No £217 6s 45% N/A
15 Nov 1781 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Belle of the Village, The Arcadian Festival No No No £166 5s 6d 46% N/A
04 Dec 1781 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Belle of the Village, The Arcadian Festival No No No £140 14s 6d 49% N/A
31 Jan 1782 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £243 17s 50% N/A
08 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Belle of the Village, The Merry Sailors No No No £191 8s 6d N/A N/A
29 Oct 1782 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love A LA Mode, Masquerade scene, Belle of the Village, Minuet No No No £205 15s 72% N/A
03 Dec 1782 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Pastoral Sports, The Belle of the Village No No No £181 6d 76% N/A
13 Feb 1783 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Masquerade scene, Damon and Musidora, Minuet No No No £264 15s 6d 49% N/A
22 Feb 1783 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Triumph of Mirth, Minuet de la Cour, The Irish Fair No No No £126 15s 6d 46% N/A
01 Mar 1783 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Bon Ton, Highland Reel, The Devonshire Minuet No No No £113 5s 6d 32% N/A
26 Apr 1783 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Belphegor or The Wishes, Hornpipe, The Butterfly No No Yes £160 15s 26% N/A
30 Apr 1783 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Damon and Musidora, The Belle of the Village No No Yes £208 3s 77% N/A
05 Dec 1783 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Rival Nymphs No No No £257 12s 6d 64% N/A
16 Dec 1783 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Rival Nymphs No No No £126 3s 44% N/A
22 Jan 1784 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Harlequin Junior, Pastoral Lovers, New Comic Ballet No No No £167 19s 6d 52% N/A
24 Jan 1784 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Harlequin Junior, The Pastoral Lovers, New Comic Ballet No No No £149 10s 6d 47% N/A
18 Mar 1784 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Rosina, The Rival Nymphs, The Belle of the Village No No No £222 11s 58% N/A
22 Mar 1784 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Harlequin Junior, The Jovial Sailors, The Sportmen's Return No No No £139 13s 46% N/A
10 Jun 1784 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Comus, Sweet Echo No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1784 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Leap Year, or A New Way of Wooing, The Charms of the Camp, or The Female Volunteer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1785 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Pastoral Sports, The Belle of the Village No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, Leap Year, The Piping Pedlar No No No £222 7s 6d 50% N/A
27 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love in a Camp, Leap Year, The Piping Pedlar No Yes No £264 1s 68% N/A
06 Apr 1786 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Catherine and Petruchio, The Lucky Return, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £284 2s 6d 41% N/A
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