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 %
27 Mar 1764 Covent Garden Sir Courtly Nice Or It Cannot Be, The What Dye Call It, Hornpipe, The Cries of London, New Grand Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1764 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, The What Dye Call It, Hornpipe, The Calabrian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1772 Drury Lane The West Indian, The What Dye Call It, Hornpipe, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £246 19s 6d 53% N/A
28 Apr 1775 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The What dye Call It, Rural Merriment No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1775 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The What DYe Call It, The Country Macaroni Assembly, Boadicea Queen of Britain, Minuet, The British Bacchanalian, Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1782 Covent Garden The Count Of Narbonne, A Fete scene I, The What dye Call It No No Yes £275 3s 6d N/A N/A
19 Apr 1797 Covent Garden The Way To Get Married, What d'ye Call It, Tom Thumb No No Yes £352 6d 26% N/A
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