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 %
17 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Miss in Her Teens Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
05 Feb 1756 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Miss in Her Teens, New Comic Dance Yes No No £100 N/A N/A
19 Feb 1756 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Britannia Yes No No £160 N/A N/A
21 Apr 1756 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Anatomist, Hornpipe Yes No Yes £170 N/A N/A
07 Mar 1757 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Devil to Pay No No No £200 N/A N/A
19 Apr 1757 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Chaplet No No Yes £147 N/A N/A
27 Jan 1758 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Anatomist, The Prussian Camp No No No £180 62% N/A
18 Feb 1758 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Queen Mab No No No £200 64% N/A
07 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Harlequin Ranger, The Swiss Yes No No £109 9s 6d 74% N/A
22 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Queen Mab, The Threshers Yes No No £153 17s 6d 80% N/A
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