Volpone; or, The Fox (1607)

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
£2,395 6s £1,936 4s (80.8%) £459 2s (19.2%)
1732 - 1809
£2,395 6s - (100%) £1,936 4s (80.8%) £459 2s (19.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
58 42 16
1732 - 1809
58 42 16
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
17 Nov 1735 Drury Lane Volpone Or The Fox, Harlequin Restord, Grand New Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1735 Drury Lane Volpone, The Virgin Unmasked, Dutchman and Frow, English Maggot, Grand Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1736 Drury Lane Volpone, The Devil to Pay, Venetian Gondolier, German Peasant, Les Rigadoons a la Provencale originale No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1736 Drury Lane Volpone Or The Fox, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Dutchman and Frow, Revellers Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1736 Covent Garden Volpone, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1736 Covent Garden Volpone, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Dec 1736 Covent Garden Volpone, Apollo and Daphne, Two Pierrots No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1737 Covent Garden Volpone, Flora, Two Pierrots, Comic Dance, Minuet, Punch in Love with Dame Ragonde, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1737 Covent Garden Volpone, Damon and Phillida, Two Pierrots, Rosy Bowers, Grecian Sailors, The Contented Mind in The Anacreontic Stile No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1737 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox, The Mock Lawyer, Grecian Sailors, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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