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 %
15 Jan 1757 Drury Lane Amphitryon, Mercury Harlequin No No No £150 N/A N/A
14 Feb 1757 Drury Lane Amphitryon, Mercury Harlequin No No No £190 N/A N/A
15 Mar 1757 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Author No No No £150 N/A N/A
22 Apr 1757 Drury Lane Amphitryon, Mercury Harlequin No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
24 Jan 1758 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, Queen Mab No No No £110 48% N/A
15 Apr 1758 Drury Lane Amphitryon, Queen Mab, The Prussian Camp No No No £100 58% N/A
19 Apr 1758 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Upholsterer, The Market No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1758 Drury Lane Amphitryon, Britannia, Hornpipe, The Prussian Camp No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
17 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, High Life Below Stairs No No No £100 49% N/A
20 Feb 1762 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, The Genii No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1769 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Nov 1769 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1769 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Nov 1769 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1769 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1769 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1770 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1770 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Feb 1770 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1770 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Ode No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1770 Drury Lane Amphitryon, A Peep behind the Curtain, Queen Mab, Or the Fairies Jubilee, Minuet, Allemande No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1770 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, The Jubilee Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1771 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, Harlequin's Invasion, The Sailors' Revels No No No £119 12s 36% N/A
25 Feb 1773 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Pigmy Revels No No No £178 7s 52% N/A
20 Mar 1773 Covent Garden Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, Harlequin Sorcerer No No Yes £235 5s 65% N/A
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