The Humourist; or Who's Who? (1785)

Author
James Cobb
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
£23,809 19s 4d £0 (0%) £23,809 19s 4d (100%)
1732 - 1809
£23,809 19s 4d - (100%) £0 (0%) £23,809 19s 4d (100%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
114 0 114
1732 - 1809
114 0 114
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
25 Apr 1787 Drury Lane Transformation Or The Manager An Actor In Spite Of Himself, The Strangers at Home, The Humourist, Stand to Your Guns, Imitations No No Yes £297 1s 6d 65% N/A
10 May 1787 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Humourist, La Soiree Provencalle No No Yes £254 8s 6d 32% N/A
23 May 1787 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Humourist, Highland Reel No No Yes £302 1s 37% N/A
04 Jun 1787 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Humourist, Dance of Spirits, Cotillion, Minuet No No Yes £283 19s 6d N/A N/A
30 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Humourist or Whos Who No No No £207 19s 6d 45% N/A
30 Nov 1787 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Humourist No No No £75 15s 35% N/A
11 Dec 1787 Drury Lane Julia Or The Italian Lover, The Humourist No No No £223 10s 56% N/A
19 Dec 1787 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, The Humourist No No No £78 5s 25% N/A
31 Jan 1788 Drury Lane The Fate Of Sparta Or The Rival Kings, The Humourist No No No £203 15s 6d 46% N/A
01 Feb 1788 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Humourist, The Capricious Lovers, Scotch Dance, The Lucky Return No Yes No £238 6s 6d 50% N/A
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