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 %
06 Feb 1784 Drury Lane Jane Shore, Who's the Dupe, New Comic Ballet No No No £205 4s 6d 46% N/A
29 Apr 1784 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Who's the Dupe No No No £208 8s 6d 50% N/A
17 May 1784 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, Who's the Dupe, New Hornpipe, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms, Allemande, The Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £185 19s 6d 29% N/A
26 May 1784 Drury Lane A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Who's the Dupe, The Jovial Sailors No No Yes £223 6s 6d 31% N/A
21 Oct 1784 Drury Lane Love In A Village, Who's the Dupe, The Sportsmen's Return No No No £123 6s 6d N/A N/A
07 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The Carmelite, Who's the Dupe No No Yes £221 10s 6d N/A N/A
15 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The Carmelite, Who's the Dupe No Yes No £265 16s N/A N/A
12 Feb 1785 Drury Lane Macbeth, Who's the Dupe No No No £273 18s 6d N/A N/A
05 Mar 1785 Drury Lane Macbeth, Who's the Dupe No No No £257 18s N/A N/A
16 Apr 1785 Drury Lane Elfrida, Who's the Dupe No No No £140 17s 6d N/A N/A