A Duke and No Duke (1684)

Author
Nahum Tate
Author
Aston Cokayne
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
£18,530 14s £9,071 4s (49%) £9,459 10s (51%)
1732 - 1809
£18,530 14s - (100%) £9,071 4s (49%) £9,459 10s (51%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
203 125 78
1732 - 1809
203 125 78
Notes
Based on Aston Cokayne's 'Trappolin Supposed a Prince' (1658).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
26 Oct 1757 Drury Lane The Stratagem, A Duke and no Duke Yes No No £140 71% N/A
02 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, A Duke and no Duke No No No £58 19s 25% N/A
25 Nov 1757 Covent Garden Oroonoko, A Duke and no Duke, Jovial Coopers No No No £52 18s 21% N/A
29 Nov 1757 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, A Duke and no Duke No Yes No £194 19s 6d 55% N/A
21 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, A Duke and no Duke, The Jovial Coopers No No Yes £79 1s N/A N/A
27 Dec 1757 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, A Duke and no Duke No No No £122 7s 6d 47% N/A
09 Jan 1758 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, A Duke and no Duke, The Judgment of Paris, The Italian Peasants No No No £86 15s 35% N/A
30 Mar 1758 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Sicilian Peasants, Tambourine No No Yes £223 3s 6d N/A N/A
01 May 1758 Covent Garden Macbeth, A Duke and no Duke No No Yes £246 18s 6d N/A N/A
11 May 1758 Covent Garden Wit Without Money, A Duke and no Duke, new Comic Dance Yes No Yes £77 3s 6d N/A N/A
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