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 %
28 Apr 1746 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Duke and no Duke, Were Gaily Yet, Les Allemandes No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1746 Covent Garden The Confederacy, Duke and no Duke No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1746 Covent Garden The London Cuckolds, Duke and no Duke No No No £129 3s 63% N/A
01 Nov 1746 Covent Garden Don Sebastian Prince Of Portugal, Duke and no Duke No No No £78 3s 6d 63% N/A
07 Nov 1746 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, Duke and No Duke No No No £161 3s 49% N/A
12 Nov 1746 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Duke and no Duke No Yes No £144 12s 6d 89% N/A
17 Nov 1746 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Duke and no Duke No No No £78 9s 53% N/A
10 Dec 1746 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Duke and no Duke No No No £34 N/A N/A
26 Dec 1749 Drury Lane The London Merchant, A Duke and no Duke or The Power of Magick, Sailors, Comic Dance, Hornpipe No No No £105 47% N/A
27 Dec 1749 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Comic Dance No No No £103 9s 6d 51% N/A
29 Dec 1749 Drury Lane The Busy Body, A Duke and no Duke, Savoyard Travellers No No No £47 6s 30% N/A
05 Jan 1750 Drury Lane The Tempest, A Duke and no Duke, New Comic Dance Yes No No £93 17s 6d 44% N/A
15 Jan 1750 Drury Lane Edward The Black Prince, A Duke and no Duke Yes No No £128 5s 6d 54% N/A
16 Jan 1750 Drury Lane Edward The Black Prince, A Duke and no Duke No No No £107 11s 56% N/A
17 Jan 1750 Drury Lane Edward The Black Prince, A Duke and no Duke No No Yes £90 N/A N/A
20 Jan 1750 Drury Lane The Orphan, A Duke and no Duke, Savoyard Travellers Yes No No £162 6s 66% N/A
24 Jan 1750 Drury Lane Comus, A Duke and no Duke Yes No No £90 14s 6d 50% N/A
26 Jan 1750 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift, A Duke and no Duke, Swedish Gardeners, Savoyard Travellers No No No £67 8s 48% N/A
12 Feb 1750 Drury Lane The Tempest, A Duke and no Duke No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1750 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, A Duke and no Duke No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Feb 1750 Drury Lane King Richard III, A Duke and no Duke, Acis and Galatea Yes No Yes £199 13s 6d N/A N/A
16 Apr 1750 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, A Duke and no Duke, Hornpipe, Savoyard Travellers No No No £55 7s 6d 39% N/A
20 Apr 1750 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, A Duke and no Duke, Fingalian Dance, Black Joke, Grand Scotch Dance, Hornpipe, Minuet No No Yes £161 1s 41% N/A
04 May 1750 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, A Duke and no Duke, The Reasonable Lover, Hornpipe, Black Joke, Swedish Gardeners Yes No Yes £200 N/A N/A
07 May 1750 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, A Duke and no Duke No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
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