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 %
14 Nov 1737 Drury Lane Volpone, The Virgin Unmasked, Drunken Peasant, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Feb 1738 Drury Lane Volpone, The Burgomaster Trick'd, Polonese, Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 May 1738 Drury Lane Volpone, Harlequin Grand Volgi, La Pieraite, Flanderkins No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1738 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox, The Lucky Discovery, Comic Dance, Grand Ballet, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1738 Covent Garden Volpone, The Dragon of Wantley, Comic Dance, Scots Dance, Serious Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
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