The What D'Ye Call It (1715)

Author
John Gay
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£1,724 9s £1,129 10s (65.5%) £594 19s (34.5%)
1732 - 1809
£1,724 9s - (100%) £1,129 10s (65.5%) £594 19s (34.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
82 67 15
1732 - 1809
82 67 15
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
07 Nov 1732 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, The What Dye Call It, Dutchwoman, English Maggot No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Feb 1733 Drury Lane Henry IV Part I, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1735 Covent Garden King Richard III, The What Dye Call It, Pigmalion, Scots Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Sep 1736 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1736 Drury Lane Julius Caesar With The Deaths Of Brutus And Cassius, The What Dye Call It, Tambourine, Double Jealousy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1737 Drury Lane Love Makes A Man, The What Dye Call It, Black Joak, English Maggot No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1737 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The What Dye Call It No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1737 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The What Dye Call It, Harlequin, English Maggot, Wooden Shoe Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 May 1737 Drury Lane The Miser, The What Dye Call It, English Maggot, Harlequin, Punchs Dance, Russian Sailor, Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1738 Drury Lane The Spanish Fryar, The What Dye Call It, Tambourine, Drunken Peasant, French Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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