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 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
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