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 %
02 Jan 1764 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Rites of Hecate No No No £214 19s N/A N/A
31 Oct 1766 Drury Lane The Alchemist, A Fairy Tale No No No £259 13s 64% N/A
13 Nov 1766 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Hermit, The Jealous Peasant, The Vintage No Yes No £237 3s 55% N/A
20 Oct 1767 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Miss in Her Teens No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Feb 1768 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Elopement Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1768 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Lethe, The Wake No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1769 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Wits Last Stake No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Harlequin's Invasion, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Nov 1769 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1770 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1770 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Musical Lady No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1771 Drury Lane The Alchymist, Polly Honeycomb No No No £230 10s 56% N/A
20 Nov 1772 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Author No No No £217 16s 62% N/A
13 Feb 1773 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Author Yes No No £210 1s 6d 56% N/A
14 Oct 1773 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Elopement No No No £168 10s 6d 48% N/A
24 Mar 1774 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Note of Hand No No No £225 7s 56% N/A
24 Oct 1774 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Deserter, The Irish Fair Yes No No £247 7s N/A N/A
06 Dec 1774 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Deserter Yes No No £169 8s 6d N/A N/A
25 Nov 1775 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Lottery, The Savage Hunters No No No £191 5s N/A N/A
18 Jan 1776 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Jubilee, The Jealous Harlequin Yes No No £256 9s N/A N/A
11 Apr 1776 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Spleen, The Irish Fair No No No £265 17s 6d N/A N/A
21 Mar 1782 Drury Lane The Foundling, Linco's Travels, The Alchymist No No Yes £246 13s 6d 47% N/A
05 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Carnival Of Venice, The Alchymist No No No £122 6s 6d 36% N/A
10 Apr 1782 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Alchymist, The Distress'd Lovers No No No £140 3s 42% N/A
19 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Linco's Travels, The Alchymist, The Distress'd Lovers No No Yes £158 17s 51% N/A
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