The Toy Shop (1735)

Author
Robert Dodsley
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
£2,431 13s 6d £113 4s (4.7%) £2,318 9s 6d (95.3%)
1732 - 1809
£2,431 13s 6d - (100%) £113 4s (4.7%) £2,318 9s 6d (95.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
54 42 12
1732 - 1809
54 42 12
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
18 Mar 1735 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Toy Shop, Scots Dance, Tippling Philosophers Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Mar 1735 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Toy Shop, Scots Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1735 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Toy Shop, La Coquette Francois, Tippling Philosophers, Richmond Maggot, Scots Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Mar 1735 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Toy Shop, Scots Dance, Scotch Ballad, Shepherd and Shepherdess Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1735 Covent Garden King Lear, The Toy Shop, Scots Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1735 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Toy Shop, English Maggot, Glover's Scotch Dance, Grand Pastoral Dance, Minuet, Pigmalion No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1735 Covent Garden Henry IV Part I, The Toy Shop, Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1735 Covent Garden The Double Gallant, The Toy Shop, The Grecian Sailors, The Faithful Shepherd No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1735 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Toy Shop, Scots Dance, In Praise of English Roast Beef, Tambourine No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1735 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Toy Shop, Handel's Overture to Ariadne, Richmond Maggot, Scots Dance, The Flanderkins No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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