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 %
22 Oct 1739 Drury Lane Volpone Or The Fox, Robin Goodfellow, Pierots, Grand Ballet, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1739 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox, The Lottery, Comic Ballet, Grand Ballet, Kilkenny No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1740 Drury Lane Volpone Or The Fox, The Mock Doctor, L'Allamande, Le Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1741 Drury Lane Volpone, The Devil to Pay, L'Arlequine deux visages, Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind, Ballet, L'Allamande, The Echo Song No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Feb 1742 Drury Lane Volpone, Harlequin Shipwrecked, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, Les Matelotes No No No £60 N/A N/A
15 Oct 1742 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox, The Je ne scais quoy, La Villageoise No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1742 Covent Garden Volpone, Les Boufons du Cour, Characters of Dancing, Dutch Skipper, Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1743 Covent Garden Volpone, The Royal Chace or Merlins Cave, Pantaloon and his Enamorata, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1743 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1744 Covent Garden Volpone, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Feb 1745 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox, Pyramus and Thisbe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1746 Covent Garden Volpone, The Lying Valet, Peasant, Song of Diana, Les Allemandes No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1748 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox, Phebe or The Beggars Wedding, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1748 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox, Apollo and Daphne, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1748 Covent Garden Volpone, Apollo and Daphne Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1749 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox, Phebe No No No £53 12s 24% N/A
08 Jan 1750 Covent Garden Volpone, Perseus and Andromeda, Two Pierots, Tambourine No No No £104 7s 6d 40% N/A
12 Nov 1753 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1753 Covent Garden Volpone, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1754 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1771 Covent Garden The Fox, The Fairy Prince No No No £191 9s 59% N/A
27 Nov 1771 Covent Garden The Fox, The Fairy Prince No No No £207 10s 66% N/A
29 Nov 1771 Covent Garden The Fox, The Fairy Prince No No No £147 1s 46% N/A
02 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Fox, The Fairy Prince No No No £163 8s 50% N/A
31 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Fox, Mother Shipton No No No £176 13s 6d 39% N/A
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