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 %
03 Dec 1782 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Alchymist, Devonshire Minuet No No No £55 16s 6d 24% N/A
18 Dec 1782 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Alchymist No No No £252 15s 59% N/A
21 Dec 1782 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Alchymist No No Yes £184 14s N/A N/A
25 Sep 1783 Drury Lane Love In A Village, The Alchymist, Country Dance, The Pastoral Lovers No No No £174 19s 100% N/A
21 Oct 1783 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Alchymist No No No £260 9s 6d 60% N/A
13 Jan 1785 Drury Lane Cymon, The Alchymist No No No £121 9s 6d N/A N/A
18 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Alchymist No No No £120 5s N/A N/A
26 Feb 1785 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Alchymist No No No £230 18s N/A N/A
10 Apr 1787 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Alchymist No No Yes £268 11s 6d 31% N/A
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