The Recruiting Officer (1706)

Author
George Farquhar
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£16,104 10s £8,052 2s (50%) £8,052 8s (50%)
1732 - 1809
£16,104 10s - (100%) £8,052 2s (50%) £8,052 8s (50%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
225 123 102
1732 - 1809
225 123 102
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
11 Apr 1733 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Tambourine, No Kissing At All, Fingalian, French Peasant, Je Ne Scai Quoy, The Grand Whisper With The Resolution of The Two Kings of Brentford No No Yes £200 6s 6d N/A N/A
04 Oct 1733 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Two Pierrots, Scottish Dance, Swedish Dal Karl No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1733 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Dr Faustus, Tambourine, Dutch Skipper No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1734 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1734 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Lottery, Tambourine, Glover's Scottish Dance, Richmond Maggot No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Dec 1734 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Merlin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1735 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Momus Turned Fabulist or Vulcan's Wedding, Two Pierrots, Scots Dance No No No £76 2s 6d 100% N/A
30 Oct 1735 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Restord, Medley Overture, accompanied with French Horns No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1736 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Restord Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1736 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Flora, Two Pierrots, Harlequin, Scots Dance Yes No Yes £173 2s 6d N/A N/A
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