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 %
02 Dec 1735 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Toy Shop, Peasant, Dance of Sailors from Orestes, Faithful Shepherd, Two Pierrots No No No £33 13s N/A N/A
09 Jan 1736 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Toy Shop, Tambourine, French Peasants, Harlequin, Scots Dance No No No £34 5s 6d N/A N/A
06 Oct 1736 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or Alexander The Great, The Toy Shop, Clown, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1736 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Toy Shop No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1737 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Toy Shop, Serious Dance, Comic Dance, French Peasant, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1737 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Toy Shop Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1737 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Toy Shop Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1737 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Toy Shop, Two Pierrots, Caelia has a Thousand Charms, The Lady's Lamentation Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1737 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode, The Toy Shop No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Mar 1738 Covent Garden Cymbeline, The Toy Shop, Two Pierrots, Grecian Sailor, Le Badinage de Provence, Les Amours de Polichinelle and Dame Ragonde, The Miller's Jealousy No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1738 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Toy Shop, Comic Dance, Grand Ballet, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1738 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Toy Shop, Comic Dance, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1739 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode, The Toy Shop, Comic Ballet, La Badinage de Provence, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Dec 1739 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Toy Shop, Faithful Lovers, Grand Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1741 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Toy Shop, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, Peasants Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1741 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Toy Shop, Le Paisan, Indian Dance, La Provan Sale, La Rose Boree and Ziphirs, Les Caprices des Rebelles No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1743 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, Toyshop, Characters of Dancing, Dutch Skipper Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1743 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Toyshop, Characters of Dancing, Dutch Skipper No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1743 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Toyshop, Dutch Skipper, Le Rendezvous Gallant, Peasants Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1757 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Toyshop, Comic Dance No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
10 May 1757 Drury Lane King Henry VIII, Toy Shop No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
14 May 1757 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Toyshop, Ellen A Roon, Hornpipe Yes No Yes £260 N/A N/A
16 May 1757 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Toyshop No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
18 May 1757 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Toyshop, Hornpipe, The Louvre No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
22 Apr 1758 Drury Lane Zara, The Toyshop, The Italian Peasants No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
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