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 %
10 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Lethe, Characters de la Dance, Italian Cabaret Yes No No £124 8s 6d N/A N/A
14 Apr 1749 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Miss in Her Teens, Hornpipe, Ye Scene of Peace, Grand Dance, Savoyards, Scotch Dance No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
21 Sep 1749 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £70 100% N/A
20 Oct 1749 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Anatomist, Comic Dance No No No £40 48% N/A
22 Feb 1750 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Miller of Mansfield, Comic Dance, Swedish Gardeners No No Yes £273 2s N/A N/A
04 May 1750 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, A Duke and no Duke, The Reasonable Lover, Hornpipe, Black Joke, Swedish Gardeners Yes No Yes £200 N/A N/A
08 Sep 1750 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £110 100% N/A
18 Oct 1750 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Hob in the Well, Grand Scotch Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1750 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1751 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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