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 %
13 Nov 1746 Covent Garden The Revenge, The What Dye Call It No No No £88 7s 100% N/A
03 Feb 1748 Drury Lane The Miser, The What Dye Call It, Gondoliers, Savoyards Yes No No £90 8s N/A N/A
04 Feb 1748 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The What Dye Call It Yes No No £150 5s 6d 100% N/A
21 Mar 1748 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The What Dye Call It, Ellen A Roon Yes No Yes £220 N/A N/A
01 Dec 1750 Covent Garden Cato, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1750 Covent Garden Othello, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Dec 1750 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1750 Covent Garden Hamlet, The What Dye Call It Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1750 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The What Dye Call It Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1751 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The What Dye Call It, The Gondoliers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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