The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor (1696)

Author
Edward Ravenscroft (1743)
Author
Noël Lebreton de Hauteroche
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£35,229 7s £343 10s 6d (1%) £34,885 16s 6d (99%)
1732 - 1809
£35,229 7s - (100%) £343 10s 6d (1%) £34,885 16s 6d (99%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
268 3 265
1732 - 1809
268 3 265
Notes
The original mainpiece was performed first in 1696 and after being performed at Lincoln's Inn Fields for some years, it came to Covent Garden. The farce was shortened to an afterpiece in 1743; based on Noël le Breton de Hauteroche's 'Crispin médecin' (1680),
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
28 Nov 1748 Drury Lane The Country Wife, The Anatomist, L'Entree de Flore, Savoyards, Vertumnus and Pomona No No No £81 12s 6d N/A N/A
08 Dec 1748 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Anatomist No No No £125 N/A N/A
15 Dec 1748 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Anatomist No No No £113 3s N/A N/A
29 Dec 1748 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Anatomist, Dutch Dance, Italian Cabaret No No No £128 15s N/A N/A
17 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Anatomist, Dutch Dance Yes No No £143 16s 6d N/A N/A
23 Jan 1749 Drury Lane A New Way To Pay Old Debts, The Anatomist, New Scotch Dance, Savoyards Yes No No £98 1s 6d N/A N/A
04 Feb 1749 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Anatomist, Peasant Dance, Scotch Dance Yes No No £59 6d N/A N/A
16 Feb 1749 Drury Lane Mahomet And Irene, The Anatomist, Scotch Dance Yes No No £105 5s 6d N/A N/A
30 Mar 1749 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Anatomist, Pastoral Dance, Louvre, Minuet, New Scotch Dance, The Gondoliers No No Yes £230 N/A N/A
01 Apr 1749 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Anatomist, Dutch Dance, Savoyards No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
26 Apr 1749 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, Tit for Tat, The Anatomist Yes No Yes £200 N/A N/A
02 May 1749 Drury Lane The Relapse, The Anatomist, Hornpipe, The Periots Dance No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
08 May 1749 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, Anatomist, Hornpipe No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
16 May 1749 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
19 Sep 1749 Drury Lane The Relapse Or Virtue In Danger, The Anatomist No No No £100 100% N/A
23 Sep 1749 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Anatomist No No No £140 100% N/A
11 Oct 1749 Drury Lane Comus, The Anatomist No No No £90 51% N/A
20 Oct 1749 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Anatomist, Comic Dance No No No £40 48% N/A
30 Oct 1749 Drury Lane The London Cuckolds, The Anatomist, Comic Dance, Hornpipe, The Black Joke No No No £124 4s 6d 48% N/A
07 Nov 1749 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Anatomist Yes No No £88 15s 64% N/A
22 Nov 1749 Drury Lane Othello, The Anatomist Yes No No £151 1s 72% N/A
01 Dec 1749 Drury Lane Othello, The Anatomist Yes No No £103 14s 52% N/A
30 Dec 1749 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Anatomist No No No £105 9s 6d 44% N/A
01 Jan 1750 Drury Lane The Tempest Or The Inchanted Island, The Anatomist No No No £126 3s 46% N/A
19 Jan 1750 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Anatomist No No No £72 2s 43% N/A
27 Jan 1750 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Anatomist, Swedish Gardeners No No No £162 5s 57% N/A
05 Feb 1750 Drury Lane Merope, Anatomist, Grand Scotch Dance No No No £127 19s 6d 57% N/A
07 Apr 1750 Drury Lane The Roman Father, The Anatomist No No No £154 4s 70% N/A
18 Apr 1750 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Anatomist, Hornpipe No No Yes £147 7s 43% N/A
01 May 1750 Drury Lane The Relapse, The Anatomist, Wooden Shoe, Dutch Sailor, Les Fantasies de la Dance, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
22 May 1750 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Anatomist, Grand Scotch Dance No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
11 Sep 1750 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No No £110 100% N/A
25 Sep 1750 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist No No No £180 100% N/A
18 Oct 1750 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No No £40 N/A N/A
24 Oct 1750 Drury Lane Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discovered, The Anatomist No No No £130 N/A N/A
29 Oct 1750 Drury Lane The London Cuckolds, The Anatomist, Hornpipe, Running Footman's Dance, The City Revels No No No £120 N/A N/A
02 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Anatomist, Country Amusements, Pigmalion No No No £100 N/A N/A
21 Nov 1750 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Anatomist Yes No No £190 N/A N/A
29 Nov 1750 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist No No No £120 N/A N/A
10 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Anatomist No No No £180 N/A N/A
21 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Anatomist, Country Amusements, Pigmalion Yes No Yes £85 N/A N/A
16 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Anatomist, Provencal Dance, Hornpipe, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes £80 N/A N/A
22 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Anatomist No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
27 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Anatomist No No Yes £90 N/A N/A
13 May 1751 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist, Comic Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes £110 N/A N/A
10 Sep 1751 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Anatomist or The Sham Doctor No No No £120 100% N/A
20 Sep 1751 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Anatomist No No No £190 100% N/A
21 Sep 1751 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Anatomist, Comic Dance Yes No No £80 100% N/A
22 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave, The Anatomist No No No £130 N/A N/A
29 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Eastward Hoe Or Ye Prentices, The Anatomist, Hornpipe No No No £130 N/A N/A
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