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 %
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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