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
£24,156 13s 6d £388 7s (1.6%) £23,768 6s 6d (98.4%)
1732 - 1809
£24,156 13s 6d - (100%) £388 7s (1.6%) £23,768 6s 6d (98.4%)
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 Feb 1783 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, Who's The Dupe, The Devonshire Minuet No No No £282 14s 6d 58% N/A
17 Feb 1783 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, Who's the Dupe, Minuet de la Cour No No No £297 3s 6d 55% N/A
15 Mar 1783 Drury Lane Isabella, Who's the Dupe, The Irish Fair, Epithalamium No No No £291 1s 6d 54% N/A
08 Apr 1783 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, Who's the Dupe No No Yes £315 5s 48% N/A
12 Apr 1783 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, Who's the Dupe No Yes No £282 15s 6d 57% N/A
21 May 1783 Drury Lane The Tender Husband, Who's the Dupe, The Irish Fair, Hornpipe No No Yes £225 2s N/A N/A
29 Oct 1783 Drury Lane Edward The Black Prince, Who's the Dupe No No No £134 11s 6d 52% N/A
11 Nov 1783 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, Who's the Dupe No No No £218 9s 6d 55% N/A
18 Dec 1783 Drury Lane The Gamester, Who's the Dupe, New Comic Ballet No No No £244 4s 65% N/A
31 Dec 1783 Drury Lane Douglas, Who's the Dupe No No No £243 3s 65% N/A