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 %
05 May 1797 Drury Lane The Will, The Humourist, The Scotch Ghost No No No £192 5s 60% N/A
28 Sep 1797 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Humourist No No No £310 14s 100% N/A
06 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Humourist No No No £192 14s 45% N/A
22 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Humourist, A Trip to the Nore No No No £156 11s 6d 24% N/A
16 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Humourist No No No £261 13s 69% N/A
08 Oct 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Humourist No No No £223 14s 6d 56% N/A
29 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Humourist, Hornpipe No No No £102 17s 7d 19% N/A
12 Dec 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Humourist, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, The Scotch Ghost, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £195 14s 35% N/A
11 Jan 1799 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Humourist No No No £133 11s 6d 32% N/A
04 Apr 1799 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Humourist No No No £200 11s 36% N/A
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