Who's the Dupe? (1779)

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 %
29 Oct 1796 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, Who's the Dupe, The Scotch Ghost or Little Fannys Love No No No £325 19s 6d 59% N/A
26 Nov 1796 Drury Lane The Mountaineers, Who's the Dupe No No No £162 12s 6d 43% N/A
05 Jan 1797 Drury Lane Richard Coeur De Lion, Who's the Dupe, Robinson Crusoe, The Scotch Ghost No No No £191 16s 43% N/A
22 Apr 1797 Drury Lane The Will, Who's the Dupe No No No £282 19s 54% N/A
09 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Tempest Or The Enchanted Island, Who's the Dupe, The Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £142 7s 6d 40% N/A
12 Jan 1798 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Who's the Dupe No No No £87 1s 6d 25% N/A
01 May 1800 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Who's the Dupe No Yes No £432 10s 77% N/A
04 Oct 1800 Drury Lane The Siege of Belgrade, Who's the Dupe? No No No £334 3s 6d 100% N/A
14 Oct 1800 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Who's the Dupe? No No No £184 12s 43% N/A
09 Dec 1800 Drury Lane The Siege of Belgrade, Who's the Dupe? No No No £118 8s 6d 33% N/A