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 %
27 Dec 1756 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Mercury Harlequin No No No £210 N/A N/A
26 Apr 1757 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, A Duke and no Duke, Hornpipe, Fingalian Revels, Louvre, Minuet, Old Scotch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1757 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The King and Miller, Comic Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
08 Oct 1757 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Mercury Harlequin No No No £80 53% N/A
02 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, A Duke and no Duke No No No £58 19s 25% N/A
16 May 1758 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Oracle, Hornpipe No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
03 Oct 1758 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Anatomist No No No £174 3s 6d 100% N/A
05 Oct 1758 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Queen Mab No No No £151 6s 100% N/A
27 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Mercury Harlequin Yes No No £153 5s 6d N/A N/A
12 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Fortunatus No No No £150 4s 6d 52% N/A
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