Who's the Dupe? (1779)

Author
Hannah Cowley
Author
Susanna Centlivre
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
£20,190 4s £118 1s 6d (0.6%) £20,072 2s 6d (99.4%)
1732 - 1809
£20,190 4s - (100%) £118 1s 6d (0.6%) £20,072 2s 6d (99.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
115 1 114
1732 - 1809
115 1 114
Notes
Based partly on Susanna Centlivre's 'The Stolen Heiress' (1702).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
10 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Gamester, A Monody, Who's the Dupe? No No No £193 3s 6d N/A N/A
17 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Gamester, A Monody, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No No No £174 12s N/A N/A
20 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The West Indian, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No No No £84 1s 6d N/A N/A
21 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Law Of Lombardy, A Monody, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No No No £107 1s 6d N/A N/A
23 Apr 1779 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No Yes No £243 7s 6d N/A N/A
26 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Gamesters, A Monody, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £174 11s 6d N/A N/A
27 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Gamester, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No No No £107 10s 6d N/A N/A
06 May 1779 Drury Lane The Double Deception, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No No No £146 17s N/A N/A
10 May 1779 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, Who's the Dupe?, Country Dance, Tally Ho! No No Yes £305 5s 6d N/A N/A
13 May 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No No No £207 15s N/A N/A
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