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
£4,265 15s 6d £950 5s (22.3%) £3,315 10s 6d (77.7%)
1732 - 1809
£4,265 15s 6d - (100%) £950 5s (22.3%) £3,315 10s 6d (77.7%)
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 %
06 Jan 1739 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Mock Doctor, Grand Dance, Caelia that I Once was Blest No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1739 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Devil to Pay No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1739 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, Harlequin Shipwreckd, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1739 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Fall of Phaeton, Pierots, Grand Ballet, New Peasant Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Feb 1740 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Fortune Tellers, Drunken Peasant, Voyage to the Land of Cytherea, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1740 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Devil to Pay, The Noon Tide Air, Le Tambourine, Pierots Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1741 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, The Devil to Pay, Les Tambourine Matelotes, La Tambourine No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1747 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, The Double Disappointment No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
15 Dec 1756 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, Damon and Phillida No No No £120 N/A N/A
16 Dec 1756 Drury Lane Amphitryon, Lilliput No No No £160 N/A N/A
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