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
£19,939 17s 6d £10,529 7s (52.8%) £9,410 10s 6d (47.2%)
1732 - 1809
£19,939 17s 6d - (100%) £10,529 7s (52.8%) £9,410 10s 6d (47.2%)
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 %
01 Nov 1748 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Lottery, L'Entree de Flore, Vertumnus and Pomona No No No £89 1s 6d N/A N/A
03 Jan 1749 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Mock Doctor Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1749 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Damon and Phillida No No No £61 6s 45% N/A
05 Dec 1749 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £85 7s 52% N/A
01 May 1750 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Hob No No Yes £135 4s 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
28 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Queen Mab No No No £100 N/A N/A
23 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Queen Mab No No No £120 N/A N/A
14 Feb 1751 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Queen Mab No No No £120 N/A N/A
09 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Queen Mab No No No £64 N/A N/A
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