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 %
02 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £134 5s 49% N/A
09 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £111 5s 41% N/A
17 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Country Dance, Hornpipe, New Comic Dance No No No £105 6s 51% N/A
04 Jan 1760 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, A Duke and no Duke, The Plowman, Comic Dance No No Yes £170 18s 42% N/A
12 Jan 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Hornpipe, Country Dance, The Plowman No No No £122 15s 6d 42% N/A
16 Feb 1760 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, A Duke and no Duke, Comic Dance No No No £132 6d N/A N/A
12 Apr 1760 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant, A Duke and no Duke, Fingalian Dance, The Threshers No No Yes £189 14s 6d N/A N/A
05 May 1760 Covent Garden King Henry V, A Duke and no Duke, The Drunken Peasant, The Fingalian Dance, The Lamp Lighters No No Yes £226 15s 6d N/A N/A
09 May 1760 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, A Duke and no Duke, The Fingalian Dance, The Threshers No No Yes £145 7s 6d N/A N/A
02 Oct 1760 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, A Duke and no Duke No No No £55 5s 6d N/A N/A
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