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 %
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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