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 %
24 Oct 1739 Drury Lane The Alchymist, Harlequin Shipwreckd, Scotch Dance, To Arms, Britons Strike Home, Les Characters de la Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1740 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Devil to Pay, Le Tambourine, L'Allamande No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1740 Covent Garden The Alchymist, Italian Peasants, Ball Dance, The Swiss No No No £68 13s N/A N/A
31 Dec 1740 Covent Garden The Alchymist, Tyrolean Dance between Hungarian and Two Tyrolese, Italian Peasants No No No £65 3s N/A N/A
12 Feb 1742 Drury Lane The Alchemist, See from the Silent Groves, Les Arlequins, Happy Pair, Les Matelotes No No No £80 N/A N/A
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
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