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 %
25 Apr 1785 Drury Lane The Double Gallant Or The Sick Lady's Cure, The Toy Shop, Bon Ton, Stand to Your Guns, My Hearts of Oak, The History of John Gilpin, the Linen Draper No No Yes £218 2s 6d N/A N/A
11 May 1789 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Toy Shop, Dirge No No Yes £320 6s 6d N/A N/A
19 May 1789 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Toy Shop, Laoeudaimonos or A People Made Happy, The Russian Minuet, The Irish Bird Catchers No No Yes £278 17s 6d 41% N/A
07 May 1790 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind, The Toy Shop, The Deserter, Poor Jack; Or, the Sweet Little Cherub No No Yes £281 3s 43% N/A
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