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 %
08 May 1751 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Virgin Unmasked, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
23 Sep 1751 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1752 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1752 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Don Quixote, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Louvre, Scotch Dance, The Minuet No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
09 Oct 1752 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The What Dye Call It Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1752 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Genii No No No £180 N/A N/A
02 Feb 1753 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Sorcerer, Il Pastore No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1753 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Mock Doctor, Drunken Peasant, Two Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1753 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Ranger No No No £120 100% N/A
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