The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor (1696)

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 %
05 Nov 1751 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Anatomist, The Savoyard Travellers No No No £120 N/A N/A
11 Nov 1751 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Anatomist, Savoyard Travellers No No No £130 N/A N/A
11 Dec 1751 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Anatomist, L'Entree de Flore, Peasant Dance No No No £180 N/A N/A
18 Dec 1751 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Anatomist No No Yes £252 N/A N/A
27 Jan 1752 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Anatomist Yes No No £190 N/A N/A
13 Feb 1752 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Anatomist No No No £200 N/A N/A
25 Feb 1752 Drury Lane Eugenia, The Anatomist, Grand Provencalle Dance Yes No Yes £87 N/A N/A
14 Mar 1752 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Anatomist, Provincial Dance No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
31 Mar 1752 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Anatomist No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
05 May 1752 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Anatomist, Scotch Dance, Comic Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
19 Sep 1752 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Anatomist, Punch Dance No No No £55 100% N/A
26 Sep 1752 Drury Lane King Henry VIII, The Anatomist No No No £140 100% N/A
13 Oct 1752 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Anatomist No No No £160 100% N/A
02 Nov 1752 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Anatomist No No No £40 N/A N/A
15 Nov 1752 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Anatomist No No Yes £264 N/A N/A
20 Nov 1752 Drury Lane King Lear, The Anatomist No No No £180 N/A N/A
09 Dec 1752 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, The Anatomist No No No £200 N/A N/A
26 Feb 1753 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, The Anatomist, L'Entree de Flore Yes No No £170 N/A N/A
12 May 1753 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist, Scots Dance, Hornpipe, Minuet, The Rigadoon Minuet No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
11 Sep 1753 Drury Lane The Miser, The Anatomist, Hornpipe No No No £40 100% N/A
27 Sep 1753 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Anatomist No No No £150 100% N/A
16 Oct 1753 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist No No No £190 N/A N/A
18 Dec 1753 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Anatomist Yes No No £150 N/A N/A
17 Jan 1754 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
02 Feb 1754 Drury Lane King John, The Anatomist No No No £180 N/A N/A