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 %
13 May 1747 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
18 May 1747 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Anatomist No No Yes £80 N/A N/A
26 Sep 1747 Drury Lane Othello Moor Of Venice, The Anatomist or The Sham Doctor No No No £114 1s 100% N/A
22 Oct 1747 Drury Lane Othello, The Anatomist No No No £124 11s 100% N/A
29 Oct 1747 Drury Lane The Committee Or The Faithful Irishman, The Anatomist No No Yes £85 6s 6d N/A N/A
05 Nov 1747 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Anatomist No No No £124 18s 6d N/A N/A
13 Nov 1747 Drury Lane Comus, The Anatomist Yes No No £92 3s N/A N/A
30 Nov 1747 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Anatomist No No No £116 15s 100% N/A
14 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist, The Savoyards No No No £132 5s 100% N/A
28 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Anatomist No No No £131 16s N/A N/A
04 Jan 1748 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Anatomist No No No £188 4s 6d 100% N/A
19 Jan 1748 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Anatomist, Tambourine, Dutch Dance, Savoyards No No No £119 7s 6d N/A N/A
29 Jan 1748 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Anatomist Yes No No £149 3s 6d N/A N/A
06 Feb 1748 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Anatomist, Savoyards No No No £164 5s 100% N/A
30 Apr 1748 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Anatomist Yes No No £177 4s 100% N/A
06 May 1748 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Anatomist, Peasant Dance, Comic Dance No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
16 May 1748 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Anatomist, Peasant Dance, Comic Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
20 May 1748 Drury Lane The Lover's Melancholy, The Anatomist, Savoyards, Pastoral Dance Yes No Yes £40 N/A N/A
15 Sep 1748 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Anatomist or The Sham Doctor Yes No No £68 19s 100% N/A
24 Sep 1748 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Anatomist No No No £150 1s 100% N/A
27 Sep 1748 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Anatomist Yes No No £166 6d 100% N/A
06 Oct 1748 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Anatomist, Savoyards Yes No No £135 7s 6d 100% N/A
27 Oct 1748 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Anatomist, L'Entree de Flore, Vertumnus and Pomona No No No £66 6s N/A N/A
04 Nov 1748 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Anatomist No No No £141 14s 6d N/A N/A
19 Nov 1748 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Anatomist, L'Entree de Flore No No No £144 6s N/A N/A
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