The Evening’s Amusements

Games

Nine diversions drawn from 141 seasons of London theatre. Choose a game below to begin.

Whose Cast?

Four performers shared the stage. Which play were they in?

Name the Decade

A play title is given. In which decade was it most often staged?

Fill the Bill

A mainpiece is named. Which afterpiece was it most often paired with?

Box Office or Bust?

Two nights at the same theatre. Which evening took more at the box office?

Whose House?

A performer and a decade are given. At which playhouse did they appear most often?

Debut Decade

A performer’s name is given. In which decade did they first appear on the London stage?

Play’s Home

A mainpiece and a decade are given. At which playhouse was it most often staged?

Long Runner or Flash?

Two plays from the same era. Which racked up more performances across all 141 seasons?

Opening Night

A play’s title is given. In which decade did it first appear on the London stage?

Whose Cast? draws on the co-casting graph: four performers linked to the same work in a given decade. Name the Decade uses each work’s decade-by-decade performance count to find its peak era. Fill the Bill tests knowledge of the mainpiece–afterpiece pairings that shaped each evening’s programme. Box Office or Bust? sets two nights from the same venue’s season against each other, one a strong earner, one a lean night. Whose House? tests knowledge of which playhouse a given performer called home in a given decade. Debut Decade traces careers to their first recorded appearance. Play’s Home asks the same question of the repertoire: at which house was a given mainpiece most often staged in a given decade? Long Runner or Flash? pits two contemporary plays against each other by their total performances across all 141 seasons. Opening Night traces plays to their first recorded London appearance.