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
£26,260 9s 4d £0 (0%) £26,260 9s 4d (100%)
1732 - 1809
£26,260 9s 4d - (100%) £0 (0%) £26,260 9s 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 %
06 Jun 1786 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Humourist, Hornpipe, Minuet, Quadrille No No Yes £209 15s 100% N/A
19 Sep 1786 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Humourist or Whos Who No No No £191 4s 100% N/A
09 Oct 1786 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Humourist No No No £206 16s 6d 44% N/A
21 Nov 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Humourist No No No £177 7s 6d N/A N/A
13 Dec 1786 Drury Lane Isabella, The Humourist No No No £232 18s 6d 59% N/A
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
23 Feb 1788 Drury Lane The Fate Of Sparta, The Humourist No No Yes £172 2s 39% N/A
28 Feb 1788 Drury Lane Love In The East, The Humourist No No Yes £168 13s N/A N/A
30 Apr 1788 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Humourist No No Yes £92 14s N/A N/A
09 May 1788 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Humourist No No No £140 9s 6d 48% N/A
28 May 1788 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Humourist No No Yes £149 17s 6d 65% N/A
10 Jun 1788 Drury Lane The Committee, The Humourist, The Conjugal Frolick, O Say Bonny Lass No No Yes £264 10s 6d 100% N/A
27 Sep 1788 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Humourist or Whos Who No No No £176 9s 6d 100% N/A
04 Nov 1788 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Humourist No No No £166 8s 50% N/A
12 Nov 1788 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Humourist No No No £81 17s 6d 30% N/A
25 Nov 1788 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, The Humourist No No No £260 11s 53% N/A
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