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 %
17 Feb 1742 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Harlequin Shipwrecked, Sylvia Wilt Thou Waste Thy Prime, The Italian Peasants, Les Pelerins Voyageur No No No £45 N/A N/A
21 Mar 1743 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The School Boy, Sicilian Peasant, Italian Gardeners No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Sicilian Peasant, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, La Florana No No No £58 17s 6d N/A N/A
21 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Virgin Unmasked, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, Sicilian Peasant, La Florana No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1743 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Devil to Pay, Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie, La Florana No No No £30 11s 2d 100% N/A
16 Dec 1743 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Lawyer's Feast, Italian Masquerade No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1744 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Italian Masquerade No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1744 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Columbine Courtezan, La Mariniere, New Serious Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1744 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Amorous Goddess No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1744 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Jovial Crew or The Merry Beggars, Britons Strike Home No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1744 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Fortune Tellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1744 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Harlequin Shipwrecked Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1745 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Harlequin Shipwrecked, Grand Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1745 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Rosamond, Peasants Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1745 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Tragedy of Tragedies or Tom Thumb the Great, Nanny O, Early Horn, Gentle Shepherd Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1745 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Colin And Phebe, Grand Serious Dance, God Save Our Noble King, Grand Comic Dance No No No £66 2s 6d 100% N/A
21 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Debauchees, The Subscription No No No £27 8s 6d N/A N/A
22 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Devil to Pay No No No £37 14s 6d N/A N/A
31 Mar 1746 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Harlequin Incendiary No No No £68 5s N/A N/A
25 Sep 1746 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £60 100% N/A
25 Nov 1746 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Lying Valet No No No £30 15% N/A
21 Oct 1747 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Double Disappointment Yes No No £146 100% N/A
12 Nov 1747 Drury Lane The Alchymist, Miss in Her Teens Yes No No £129 5s 6d 100% N/A
25 Nov 1747 Drury Lane The Alchymist, George Dandin, Polish Dance Yes No No £146 1s N/A N/A
24 Mar 1748 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Devil to Pay, Le Charactere de la Dance, Dutch Dance, Hymen's Temple, Louvre, Minuet and Louvre, The Savage Dance No Yes Yes £270 N/A N/A
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