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 %
26 Mar 1754 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Anatomist, La Passecalle de Zaid, Hornpipe, Louvre, Minuet, New Dutch Dance No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
17 May 1754 Drury Lane The Miser, The Anatomist, The Pierrots Dance, Hornpipe to tune of Ali Croaker Yes No Yes £200 N/A N/A
17 Sep 1754 Drury Lane The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, The Anatomist No No No £70 100% N/A
01 Oct 1754 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Anatomist No No No £100 100% N/A
24 Oct 1754 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Anatomist No No No £200 N/A N/A
27 Jan 1755 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Anatomist No No No £170 N/A N/A
06 Mar 1755 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Anatomist Yes No No £210 N/A N/A
05 May 1755 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Anatomist, All in the Downs, Hornpipe, Minuet No No Yes £110 N/A N/A
06 May 1755 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Anatomist, Hornpipe No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
23 May 1755 Drury Lane King Lear, The Anatomist Yes No No £180 100% N/A
13 Sep 1755 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Anatomist No No No £109 100% N/A
25 Sep 1755 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Anatomist No No No £200 100% N/A
13 Oct 1755 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Anatomist No No No £180 100% N/A
23 Oct 1755 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Anatomist No No No £180 N/A N/A
10 Nov 1755 Drury Lane Merope, The Anatomist, Lilliputian Sailors No No No £140 N/A N/A
02 Dec 1755 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist No No No £180 N/A N/A
09 Dec 1755 Drury Lane King Lear, The Anatomist Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
23 Dec 1755 Drury Lane Barbarossa, The Anatomist No No No £170 N/A N/A
17 Feb 1756 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Anatomist, New Sailors' Dance Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
25 Feb 1756 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Anatomist Yes No No £210 N/A N/A
21 Apr 1756 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Anatomist, Hornpipe Yes No Yes £170 N/A N/A
08 May 1756 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist, Hornpipe No No Yes £270 N/A N/A
13 May 1756 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Anatomist, Hornpipe, Minuet No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
21 Sep 1756 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Anatomist No No No £120 100% N/A
30 Sep 1756 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist No No No £210 100% N/A
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