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 %
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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