The Alchemist (1610)

Author
Ben Jonson
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£13,306 4s 8d £133 16s (1%) £13,172 8s 8d (99%)
1732 - 1809
£13,306 4s 8d - (100%) £133 16s (1%) £13,172 8s 8d (99%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
139 2 137
1732 - 1809
139 2 137
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
02 Jan 1764 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Rites of Hecate No No No £214 19s N/A N/A
31 Oct 1766 Drury Lane The Alchemist, A Fairy Tale No No No £259 13s 64% N/A
13 Nov 1766 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Hermit, The Jealous Peasant, The Vintage No Yes No £237 3s 55% N/A
20 Oct 1767 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Miss in Her Teens No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Feb 1768 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Elopement Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1768 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Lethe, The Wake No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1769 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Wits Last Stake No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Harlequin's Invasion, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Nov 1769 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1770 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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