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
£2,422 5s £1,714 12s (70.8%) £707 13s (29.2%)
1732 - 1809
£2,422 5s - (100%) £1,714 12s (70.8%) £707 13s (29.2%)
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 %
16 Jan 1739 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The What Dye Call It Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Jan 1739 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The What Dye Call It No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Mar 1739 Covent Garden Mariamne, The What Dye Call It, Comic Dance, Grand Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1739 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The What Dye Call It, English Maggot, Grand Dance of Moors, Minuet, Pierots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Feb 1740 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The What Dye Call It, Comic Ballet, Grand Ballet, Sailors Dance in Momus, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1740 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The What Dye Call it No Yes No £161 8s N/A N/A
16 Dec 1741 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, What D'ye Call It, Scotch Dance, Comic Dance, Le Matelot No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The What DYe Call It, Gentle Parthenissa, Concerto on German flute, Caesar and Urania No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1743 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not Or The Kind Imposter, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1743 Covent Garden The City Wives Confederacy, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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