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 %
13 Oct 1750 Drury Lane Comus, A Duke and no Duke No No No £60 N/A N/A
20 Oct 1750 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, A Duke and no Duke, New Running Footman's Dance Yes No No £140 N/A N/A
25 Oct 1750 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, A Duke and no Duke No No No £100 N/A N/A
03 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, A Duke and no Duke, Country Amusements, Pigmalion No No No £80 N/A N/A
05 Nov 1750 Drury Lane Tamerlane, A Duke and no Duke, Country Amusements, Pigmalion No No No £116 N/A N/A
12 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Confederacy, A Duke and no Duke, Country Amusements, Pigmalion, Running Footman's Dance No No No £50 N/A N/A
19 Nov 1750 Drury Lane Jane Shore, A Duke and no Duke, Comic Dance Yes No No £70 N/A N/A
08 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, A Duke and no Duke No No No £180 N/A N/A
18 Dec 1750 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, A Duke and no Duke Yes No No £120 N/A N/A
20 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Duke and no Duke Yes No No £100 N/A N/A
13 Feb 1751 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, A Duke and no Duke, Pigmalion Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
19 Feb 1751 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, A Duke and no Duke Yes No No £160 N/A N/A
11 Apr 1751 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, A Duke and no Duke, Provincial Dance, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes £230 N/A N/A
25 Apr 1751 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, A Duke and no Duke No No Yes £164 N/A N/A
04 Oct 1751 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, A Duke and no Duke No No No £70 N/A N/A
08 Oct 1751 Drury Lane The Orphan, A Duke and no Duke No No No £100 N/A N/A
14 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Jane Shore, Duke and no Duke No No No £130 N/A N/A
07 Nov 1751 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, A Duke and no Duke, Savoyard Travellers No No No £120 N/A N/A
14 Nov 1751 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, A Duke and no Duke No No No £120 N/A N/A
14 Dec 1751 Drury Lane The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, A Duke and no Duke, Les Caprices de la Dance No No No £160 N/A N/A
17 Mar 1752 Drury Lane The Orphan, Duke and no Duke No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
19 Mar 1752 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, A Duke and no Duke No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
21 Mar 1752 Drury Lane The Inconstant, Duke and no Duke, The Incantation Song, Indian Queen Yes No Yes £250 N/A N/A
11 Apr 1752 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Duke and no Duke, Dryden's Incantation Song No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
15 Apr 1752 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, A Duke and no Duke, Provincial Dance No No Yes £156 N/A N/A
16 Apr 1752 Drury Lane The Comical Lovers, A Duke and no Duke, Peasant Dance, Comic Dance, Hornpipe, L'Entree de Flore No No Yes £125 N/A N/A
29 Apr 1752 Drury Lane King Henry VIII, Duke and no Duke, Concerto on violoncello No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
30 Sep 1752 Drury Lane King Richard III, A Duke and no Duke No No No £70 100% N/A
09 Oct 1752 Drury Lane King Henry VIII, A Duke and no Duke Yes No No £110 N/A N/A
26 Mar 1753 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, A Duke and no Duke, Masquerade Dance, Basque, Country Dance, Minuet, The Louvre, The Matelot No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
05 May 1753 Drury Lane Comus, A Duke and no Duke No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
13 Oct 1753 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, A Duke and no Duke, Gipsey Tambourine No No No £120 N/A N/A
13 Dec 1753 Drury Lane Boadicia, A Duke and no Duke, L'Entree de Flore No No No £100 N/A N/A
19 Dec 1753 Drury Lane The Man Of Mode, A Duke and no Duke, The Savoyard Travellers No No No £120 N/A N/A
18 Feb 1754 Drury Lane King Lear, A Duke and no Duke Yes No Yes £230 N/A N/A
23 Feb 1754 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, A Duke and no Duke Yes No No £170 N/A N/A
12 Mar 1754 Drury Lane Virginia, A Duke and no Duke, Comic Dance, Gipsey Tambourine Yes No No £140 N/A N/A
21 Sep 1754 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, A Duke and no Duke, Hornpipe No No No £110 100% N/A
01 Mar 1755 Drury Lane Creusa, A Duke and no Duke Yes No No £170 N/A N/A
01 Apr 1755 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, A Duke and no Duke, The Italian Fishermen, New Comic Dance, Peasant Dance Yes No Yes £170 N/A N/A
23 Sep 1755 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke No No No £120 100% N/A
03 Nov 1755 Drury Lane Merope, A Duke and no Duke No No No £130 N/A N/A
29 Apr 1756 Covent Garden Alzira, A Duke and no Duke, Les Paisans Gallants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1756 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, A Duke and no Duke, Les Paisans Gallants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1756 Covent Garden Love For Love, Duke and no Duke, Les Paisans Gallants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1756 Covent Garden The Funeral, A Duke and No Duke, Hornpipe, New Pantomime Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1756 Covent Garden The Fatal Marriage, A Duke and no Duke, Drunken Peasant, School of Anacreon, The Villagers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 May 1756 Covent Garden As You Like It, A Duke and no Duke, Pantomime Dance, The Cries of Dublin, Fingalian Dance, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1756 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, A Duke and no Duke, Les Savoyards No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1756 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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