Which is the Man? (1782)

Author
Hannah Cowley
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£6,700 15s 6d £6,288 16s 6d (93.9%) £411 19s (6.1%)
1732 - 1809
£6,700 15s 6d - (100%) £6,288 16s 6d (93.9%) £411 19s (6.1%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
36 35 1
1732 - 1809
36 35 1
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
26 Nov 1782 Covent Garden Which Is The Man, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £162 3s 69% N/A
08 Apr 1783 Covent Garden Which Is The Man, The Shamrock, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £197 17s 52% N/A
16 Mar 1784 Covent Garden Which Is The Man, The Rival Knights, The Poor Soldier No No No £192 17s 6d N/A N/A
24 Apr 1784 Covent Garden Which Is The Man, The Flitch of Bacon, When Phoebus the tops of the bills does adorn, Poor Thomas Day, Mad Tom, Hark! the Lark at Heav'n's Gate sings, What shall be have who kill'd the Deer? No No Yes £309 53% N/A
13 May 1785 Covent Garden Which Is The Man?, Barnaby Brittle, Damon and Musidora No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 May 1785 Covent Garden Which Is The Man, The Contrivances, Minuet de la Cour, Gavot No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1786 Covent Garden Which Is The Man, The Poor Soldier No No No £190 14s 41% N/A
28 Nov 1787 Covent Garden Which Is The Man, The Midnight Hour, Mirth by Moonshine No Yes No £281 8s 63% N/A
17 Oct 1788 Covent Garden Which Is The Man, Love and War, Fortune's Favour No No No £160 9s 6d 100% N/A
24 May 1791 Covent Garden Which Is The Man, Primrose Green or Love in the Country, The Jockies, Black-Eyed Susan No No Yes £299 2s 6d N/A N/A
12 May 1808 Drury Lane Which is the Man?, The Highland Reel, What Can a Young Lassie Do Wi' an Auld Man, The Friar of Orders Grey No No Yes £411 19s 100% N/A
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