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 %
18 Mar 1802 Drury Lane The Duenna, The Anatomist No No No £322 17s 6d 53% N/A
21 Apr 1802 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Anatomist No No No £390 17s 56% N/A
19 May 1802 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Anatomist No No No £406 19s 65% N/A
01 Mar 1803 Drury Lane The Hero of the North, The Anatomist No No No £254 6d 52% N/A
22 Jan 1805 Drury Lane The Mountaineers, The United Britons, The Anatomist No No No £173 15s 6d 34% N/A
28 Jan 1805 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist, Old Harlequin's Fire-side No No No £282 16s 6d 33% N/A
08 Feb 1805 Drury Lane The Honey Moon, The United Britons, The Anatomist No No No £200 15s 6d 50% N/A
11 Mar 1805 Drury Lane Barbarossa, The Anatomist No No No £603 15s 6d 69% N/A
14 May 1805 Drury Lane The Wheel of Fortune, The Anatomist No Yes No £353 17s 6d 67% N/A
28 Sep 1805 Drury Lane The School for Scandal, The Anatomist No No No £322 14s 100% N/A
31 Oct 1805 Drury Lane A Prior Claim, The Anatomist No No No £161 17s 33% N/A
09 Nov 1805 Drury Lane The Siege of Belgrade, My Heart With Love is Beating, Rule Britannia, The Anatomist, Terpsichore's Return No No No £350 4s 6d 53% N/A
17 Feb 1806 Drury Lane The Travellers, The Anatomist No No No £433 4s 6d 64% N/A
20 Sep 1806 Drury Lane She Stoops to Conquer, The Fair Circassian, The Anatomist No No No £232 18s 6d 100% N/A
17 Jan 1807 Drury Lane False Alarms; or, My Cousin, The Anatomist No No No £255 7s 6d 39% N/A
19 Feb 1807 Drury Lane The Curfew, The Anatomist No No No £383 7s 6d 47% N/A
09 Dec 1808 Drury Lane The World, Anatomist No No No £217 6s 63% N/A
15 Apr 1809 Drury Lane Cabinet, Anatomist No No No £217 7s 6d 55% N/A
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