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 %
22 Oct 1789 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, The Humourist or Whos Who No No No £161 7s 100% N/A
31 Oct 1789 Drury Lane Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave, The Humourist No No No £120 1s 6d 33% N/A
25 Nov 1789 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Humourist No No No £173 1s 38% N/A
04 Dec 1789 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Humourist No No No £161 11s 56% N/A
12 Apr 1790 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Humourist No No No £148 9s 6d 49% N/A
29 May 1790 Drury Lane The Beaux Stratagem, The Humourist, The Minuet de la Cour, Gavot No No Yes £48 4s N/A N/A
04 Mar 1791 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Humourist or Whos Who No No No £225 15s 6d N/A N/A
04 Nov 1791 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Humourist No No No £198 12s 6d 59% N/A
18 Nov 1791 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Humourist No No No £198 9s 55% N/A
12 Dec 1791 Drury Lane The Revenge, The Humourist No No No £130 2s 6d 43% N/A
02 Jan 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, The Humourist No No No £401 9s 64% N/A
10 Jan 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, The Humourist No No No £317 19s 63% N/A
16 Jan 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, The Humourist No No No £354 5s 6d 64% N/A
27 Jan 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, The Humourist No No No £357 5s 6d 68% N/A
02 Feb 1792 Drury Lane Agmunda Huniades, The Humourist No No No £141 12s 6d 33% N/A
01 Mar 1792 Drury Lane King John, The Humourist No No No £278 10s 6d 46% N/A
18 Apr 1792 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Humourist No No No £154 14s 6d 46% N/A
07 May 1792 Drury Lane The Fugitive, The Humourist No No Yes £350 8s N/A N/A
16 Nov 1792 Drury Lane The Tender Husband, The Humourist No No No £96 10s 28% N/A
19 Nov 1792 Drury Lane The Beaux Stratagem, The Humourist No No No £75 16s 6d 21% N/A
30 Nov 1792 Drury Lane The Pirates, The Humourist No No Yes £212 14s 6d N/A N/A
01 Feb 1793 Drury Lane Cymon, The Humourist No No No £137 14s 6d N/A N/A
05 Mar 1793 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Humourist No No No £139 11s 31% N/A
03 Jun 1793 Drury Lane The Pirates, The Humourist No No Yes £448 14s 6d 50% N/A
12 Dec 1795 Drury Lane First Love, The Humourist No No No £228 11s 6d 57% N/A
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