A Duke and No Duke (1684)

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 %
03 Oct 1760 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, Duke and no Duke No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1760 Drury Lane King Richard III, A Duke and no Duke, The Cow Keepers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1760 Drury Lane The Minor, A Duke and no Duke, The Colliers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1760 Covent Garden King Henry V With The Conquest Of The French At The Battle Of Agincourt, A Duke and no Duke, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £101 6d N/A N/A
24 Nov 1760 Drury Lane The Minor, A Duke and no Duke, The Colliers, The Mad Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1760 Covent Garden The Minor, A Duke and no Duke, Les Charboniers Yes No Yes £178 3s 6d N/A N/A
30 Dec 1760 Covent Garden Comus, A Duke and no Duke No No No £130 2s 6d N/A N/A
24 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, The Colliers, New Comic Dance No No No £115 2s 6d N/A N/A
31 Mar 1761 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, A Duke and no Duke, Les Charboniers Yes No Yes £101 7s N/A N/A
10 Apr 1761 Drury Lane The Stratagem, A Duke and no Duke, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1761 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, A Duke and No Duke, Mimic Comic Opera Song No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Hornpipe, Country Dance, Les Charboniers No No Yes £142 4s 6d N/A N/A
21 Sep 1761 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, A Duke and no Duke, The Hungarian Gambols or a Provincial Rendezvous No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, The Taylors Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1762 Covent Garden Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discovered, A Duke and no Duke, The Cossacks, The Pleasures of Spring No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Nov 1762 Drury Lane Tamerlane, A Duke and no Duke, Hearts of Oak, The Bavarian Shoemakers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1763 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune, A Duke and no Duke No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1764 Covent Garden The Royal Convert, A Duke and no Duke, The Knife Grinders, Venus Revenged Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1764 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, A Duke and no Duke, La Femme Maitresse, Les Mattelots Provencals No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1765 Covent Garden Love In A Village, A Duke and no Duke, Rural Love No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1765 Covent Garden Love In A Village, A Duke and no Duke, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1765 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, A Duke and no Duke, The Venetian Gardeners No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1765 Covent Garden Love In A Village, A Duke and no Duke, The Calabrian Peasants Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1767 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, A Duke and no Duke, New Tambourine, New Pantomime Ballet Yes No No £93 1s 6d N/A N/A
27 Apr 1768 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, A Duke and no Duke, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £215 6d N/A N/A