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 %
06 Jan 1796 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, The Humourist No No No £221 13s 60% N/A
14 Mar 1796 Drury Lane The Child Of Nature, The Humourist, No Song No Supper No No No £265 2s 45% N/A
07 Dec 1796 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Humourist, The Scotch Ghost No No No £266 17s 62% N/A
30 Mar 1797 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Humourist, The Scotch Ghost No No No £251 16s 6d 47% N/A
21 Apr 1797 Drury Lane The Will, The Humourist, The Scotch Ghost No No No £268 17s 60% N/A
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
29 May 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Humourist No No Yes £439 12s 6d 90% N/A
07 Jun 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Humourist No No No £479 16s 6d 90% N/A
22 Jun 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Humourist No No No £307 1s 6d 100% N/A
14 Nov 1799 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Humourist, Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite No No No £186 7s 39% N/A
05 Dec 1799 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Humourist, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £247 5s 6d 57% N/A
23 Dec 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Humourist No No No £409 5s 53% N/A
17 Jan 1800 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Humourist No No No £536 3s 67% N/A
15 May 1800 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Humourist No Yes No £438 13s 6d 84% N/A
05 Nov 1800 Drury Lane The Merchant of Venice, The Humourist, Actaeon and Diana No No No £294 3s 55% N/A
25 Apr 1801 Drury Lane Julian and Agnes, The Humourist No No No £262 3s 6d 57% N/A
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