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 %
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
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