Amphitryon; or, The Two Sosias (1690)

Author
John Dryden
Composer
Henry Purcell
Author
John Hawkesworth (1756)
Author
Molière
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
£3,371 5s 6d £704 5s (20.9%) £2,667 6d (79.1%)
1732 - 1809
£3,371 5s 6d - (100%) £704 5s (20.9%) £2,667 6d (79.1%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
58 6 52
1732 - 1809
58 6 52
Notes
Based on Molière's Amphitryon (1668).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
26 Sep 1732 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, The Devil of a Duke, Les Bergeries No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Sep 1734 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, The Black Joke No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1734 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Burgo Master Trick'd No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1735 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, Colombine Courtezan, Dutchman and his Frow, English Maggot No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Nov 1735 Drury Lane Amphitryon, Harlequin Restord, English Maggot, Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1736 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Contrivances, English Maggot, Dutchman and Frow, Grand Ballet, Harper's Drunken Man, Revellers, The Fat Farmer and his Family No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1736 Drury Lane Amphitryon, Harlequin Restord, Black Joak, Damon and Phillida, Rover, Shepherds Mount No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1736 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, The Fall of Phaeton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1739 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Celia That I Once was Blest, Moors' Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1739 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Celia That I Once was Blest, Double Jealousy No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
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