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
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