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 %
06 May 1735 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Toy Shop, Ariadne (Handel's overture), The Flanderkins, In Praise of English Roast Beef, Richmond Maggot, Scots Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1735 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, The Toy Shop, Water Music, Flanderkins, In Praise of English Roast Beef, Richmond Maggot, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1735 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Toy Shop, The Overture of Ariadne, Les Bergers Champetre, In Praise of English Roast Beef, Flanderkins, Minuet, Richmond Maggot, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Sep 1735 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Toyshop No No No £20 6s 6d N/A N/A
17 Sep 1735 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband Or A Journey To London, The Toy Shop No No No £24 19s 100% N/A
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
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