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 %
11 Apr 1776 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Spleen, The Irish Fair No No No £265 17s 6d N/A N/A
21 Mar 1782 Drury Lane The Foundling, Linco's Travels, The Alchymist No No Yes £246 13s 6d 47% N/A
05 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Carnival Of Venice, The Alchymist No No No £122 6s 6d 36% N/A
10 Apr 1782 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Alchymist, The Distress'd Lovers No No No £140 3s 42% N/A
19 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Linco's Travels, The Alchymist, The Distress'd Lovers No No Yes £158 17s 51% N/A
26 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Alchymist, The Distress'd Lovers No No Yes £235 9s 6d 60% N/A
12 Oct 1782 Drury Lane Isabella, The Alchymist No No No £264 9s 100% N/A
21 Oct 1782 Drury Lane Isabella, The Alchymist No No No £244 6s 51% N/A
02 Nov 1782 Drury Lane The Runaway, The Alchymist No No No £88 16s 6d 35% N/A
28 Nov 1782 Drury Lane Love In A Village, The Alchymist, Country Dance, Devonshire Minuet No No No £88 17s 6d 35% N/A
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