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 %
20 Apr 1786 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, All the Worlds a Stage, The Lucky Return, Minuet de la Cour No No No £219 4s 54% N/A
29 Apr 1786 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Daphne and Amintor, The Minuet de la Cour, The Lucky Return, The Sailors' Revels No No No £203 3s 6d 55% N/A
13 May 1786 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Daphne and Amintor, The Lucky Return No No No £154 11s 6d N/A N/A
12 Oct 1786 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Piping Pedlar No No No £250 16s 6d 52% N/A
19 Dec 1786 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Drunken Sailor Reclaim'd No No No £194 2s 6d 49% N/A
08 Feb 1787 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Irish Lilt No No No £222 10s 6d 46% N/A
24 Nov 1787 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Hurly Burly, The Capricious Lovers No No No £236 16s 6d 52% N/A
05 Jan 1788 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Minor, The Capricious Lovers, Scotch Dance, The Lucky Return No No No £211 8s 6d 46% N/A
10 Jan 1788 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, The Piping Pedlar No No No £309 2s 71% N/A
12 Jan 1788 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Minor, Scotch Dance, The Lucky Return No No No £218 12s 6d 47% N/A
24 Jan 1788 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode, New Divertisement No No No £265 18s 6d 53% N/A
01 Feb 1788 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Humourist, The Capricious Lovers, Scotch Dance, The Lucky Return No Yes No £238 6s 6d 50% N/A
16 Feb 1788 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode No No No £223 4s 6d 57% N/A
03 Apr 1788 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode No No No £185 5s 68% N/A
18 Oct 1788 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Love a la Mode No No No £208 16s 49% N/A
17 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Selima and Azor, Jamie's Return, Gavot, Minuet de la Cour No No No £156 5s 6d 50% N/A
07 May 1789 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Death of Captain Cook, Fortune's Favor No No Yes £278 13s 6d 70% N/A
06 Nov 1789 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Poor Soldier, Tamborine Dance No No No £147 7s 57% N/A
01 May 1790 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Bon Ton, Tambourine Dance No No No £147 19s 6d 58% N/A
10 Mar 1792 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Selima and Azor No No No £317 7s 51% N/A
05 Mar 1793 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Humourist No No No £139 11s 31% N/A
10 Mar 1795 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Alexander the Great No No No £285 7s 6d 69% N/A
12 May 1796 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Arrived at Portsmouth, The Irish Mimick, Hunting Song, Hearts of Oak, Here We Laugh and Work Together, O Why to be Happy, Old Towler, We've Bade the Restless Seas Adieu, When Love was a Stranger, With Pride We Steer'd for England's Coast No No Yes £219 12s 6d 30% N/A
30 Sep 1796 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Poor Soldier No No No £281 17s 100% N/A
07 Oct 1796 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Wicklow Mountains No No No £220 19s 6d 100% N/A
16 Dec 1796 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Citizen No No No £205 1s 72% N/A
11 Feb 1797 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, A Friend in Need, In Vows of Everlasting Truth No No No £258 1s 50% N/A
03 Nov 1797 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Citizen No Yes No £413 17s 74% N/A
02 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Children in the Wood No No No £169 6s 6d 37% N/A
13 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Citizen No No No £134 15s 47% N/A
18 May 1798 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Farmer No No Yes £401 16s 2d 14% N/A
13 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Children in the Wood No No No £156 14s 38% N/A
07 Jun 1799 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Brilliants, Comus, Naiads, Maria, Or the Beggar Girl, The Negro Boy No No Yes £287 7s 10% N/A
08 Nov 1799 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £173 14s 6d 42% N/A
21 Apr 1800 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Deserter No No No £245 19s 53% N/A
19 May 1800 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £353 10s 6d 34% N/A
18 Oct 1800 Drury Lane The Merchant of Venice, Of Age To-morrow No No No £433 2s 6d 100% N/A
05 Nov 1800 Drury Lane The Merchant of Venice, The Humourist, Actaeon and Diana No No No £294 3s 55% N/A
10 Nov 1800 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Oscar and Malvina No No No £301 16s 41% N/A
13 Nov 1800 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love A-la-Mode No Yes No £267 1s 6d 60% N/A
20 Nov 1800 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love A-la-Mode No No No £262 2s 6d 50% N/A
26 Nov 1800 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Il Bondocani No Yes No £402 4s 68% N/A
02 Jan 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Harlequin's Tour; or, The Dominion of Fancy No No No £356 6s 64% N/A
29 Jan 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Harlequin's Tour; or, The Dominion of Fancy, pantomime No No No £337 7s 6d 52% N/A
07 Mar 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Perouse; or, The Desolate Island No No No £346 2s 9d 43% N/A
18 Apr 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love a-la-mode No No No £222 4s 49% N/A
13 May 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love a-la-Mode No No No £214 8s 6d 38% N/A
27 May 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love a la Mode No No Yes £246 8s 44% N/A
03 Oct 1801 Drury Lane The Merchant of Venice, Blue Beard; or, Female Curiosity No No No £233 4s 32% N/A
21 Oct 1801 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, Love-a-la-Mode No No No £322 16s 6d 56% N/A
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