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 %
29 Apr 1748 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Dragon of Wantly, Pastoral Dance, Les Characters de la Dance, Savoyards Yes No Yes £107 N/A N/A
07 Nov 1748 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Lying Valet Yes No No £100 17s 6d N/A N/A
12 Apr 1749 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Devil to Pay, Sailors Revels, Hornpipe No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
14 Oct 1749 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Devil to Pay No No No £140 80% N/A
14 Nov 1749 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Savoyard Travellers No No No £104 13s 6d 70% N/A
02 Dec 1749 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Chaplet No No No £142 13s 63% N/A
18 Apr 1750 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Anatomist, Hornpipe No No Yes £147 7s 43% N/A
14 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Mock Doctor, Country Amusements, Pigmalion Yes No No £80 N/A N/A
30 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Lethe, The Bird Catchers No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
13 Dec 1750 Drury Lane Alchemist, Robin Hood Yes No No £120 N/A N/A
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