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 %
17 Apr 1751 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The What Dye Call It, Grand Scots Ballad No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1751 Covent Garden Lady Jane Gray, The What Dye Call It No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1752 Covent Garden The False Friend, The What Dye Call It, Grand Comic Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Feb 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Orphan, The What Dye Call It No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The What Dye Call It, Grand Comic Ballet, Grand Dutch Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1752 Covent Garden The Committee, The What Dye Call It, Two Pierrots, Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1752 Covent Garden The Revenge, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1752 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The What Dye Call It Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1752 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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