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 %
09 Oct 1756 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Anatomist No No No £226 100% N/A
28 Oct 1756 Drury Lane King Lear, The Anatomist No No No £200 N/A N/A
16 Nov 1756 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Anatomist No No No £180 N/A N/A
24 Nov 1756 Drury Lane Comus, The Anatomist No No No £150 N/A N/A
02 Feb 1757 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Anatomist Yes No No £190 N/A N/A
10 Sep 1757 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No No £160 100% N/A
01 Oct 1757 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Anatomist No No No £150 100% N/A
03 Nov 1757 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Anatomist, The Italian Peasants Yes No No £150 70% N/A
10 Nov 1757 Drury Lane King Lear, The Anatomist No No No £210 73% N/A
24 Nov 1757 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Anatomist No No No £200 65% N/A
27 Jan 1758 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Anatomist, The Prussian Camp No No No £180 62% N/A
09 May 1758 Drury Lane King Henry VIII, The Anatomist, Hornpipe No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
16 Sep 1758 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Anatomist, The German Hunters No No No £128 15s 100% N/A
03 Oct 1758 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Anatomist No No No £174 3s 6d 100% N/A
02 Nov 1758 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Anatomist, The Swiss No No No £138 18s 79% N/A
16 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, The Anatomist, The Swiss Yes No No £202 9s 73% N/A
02 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Anatomist, The Swiss No No No £204 10s 6d 60% N/A
29 Sep 1759 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Anatomist No No No £210 100% N/A
10 Nov 1759 Drury Lane King Lear, The Anatomist No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Dec 1759 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Anatomist No No No £180 66% N/A
13 Mar 1760 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, The Anatomist, The Cow Keepers Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Anatomist or The Sham Doctor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The Jealous Wife, The Anatomist, The European in America, Allemandes, Cotillions, Minuets, Rigadoon, The Amusements of Strasburg, The Ball No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1771 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Anatomist, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1771 Drury Lane Douglas, The Anatomist, Comic Dance, Burlesque Cantata No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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