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 %
03 Feb 1755 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1755 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Miss in Her Teens, Hooly and Fairly, Hornpipe, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes £104 N/A N/A
13 Sep 1755 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Anatomist No No No £109 100% N/A
13 Nov 1755 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The School Boy, Les Peasants Gallant, Fingalian Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Feb 1756 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Englishman Returnd from Paris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1756 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Englishman Returnd from Paris, Les Paisans Gallants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1756 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Lady Moore or The Dragoness, The Villagers, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 May 1756 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Oracle, Hornpipe No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
07 Dec 1756 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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