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 %
12 Nov 1746 Drury Lane Merchant Of Venice, The Lying Valet No No No £17 11% N/A
29 Jan 1747 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Debauchees Yes No No £40 19% N/A
09 Feb 1747 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice No No No £70 35% N/A
27 Feb 1747 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice No No Yes £60 N/A N/A
16 May 1747 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Double Disappointment, On on My Dear Brethren, Wooden Shoe Dance, Come Let Us Prepare, Song Upon the Account of Free Masonry Yes No Yes £90 N/A N/A
15 Sep 1747 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice No No No £126 12s 100% N/A
27 Oct 1747 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Miss in Her Teens Yes No No £88 14s 100% N/A
01 Jan 1748 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Miss in Her Teens, Tambourine, Dutch Dance, Savoyards Yes No No £118 1s 6d N/A N/A
09 May 1748 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Double Disappointment, Savoyards, Pastoral Dance No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
03 Nov 1748 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The School Boy, Scots Sonato, L'Entree de Flore, Vertumnus and Pomona, The Savoyards No No No £49 12s N/A N/A
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