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 %
16 Sep 1735 Drury Lane The Alchymist, Harlequin Grand Volgi Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1735 Drury Lane The Alchymist, Harlequin Restord, Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1735 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1736 Drury Lane The Alchymist, Harlequin Restord, Tambourine, Double Jealousy, English Maggot, Shepherds Mount Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1736 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Drunken Peasant, Rover Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1737 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Lottery, Drunken Peasant, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Feb 1738 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Grand Ballet, Drunken Peasant, Polonese No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 May 1738 Drury Lane The Alchymist, Damon and Phillida, Punch, Drunken Peasant, Flanderkins No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Mar 1739 Drury Lane The Alchymist, Damon and Phillida, Grand Ballet, Aethiopian Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Mar 1739 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Mock Doctor, Punch Dance, Advice to the Tatlers, Mary Scot, Pierots, Turkish Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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