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 %
20 Dec 1764 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1765 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Deuce Is in Him, New Comic Dance, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1765 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, A Duke and no Duke, The Venetian Gardeners No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1765 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Nov 1766 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £166 11s 64% N/A
03 Jan 1767 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £156 6s 6d 46% N/A
19 Mar 1767 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Midas No No No £224 17s 6d 46% N/A
06 Nov 1767 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Dr Faustus, Comic Dance No No No £145 9s 6d N/A N/A
26 Nov 1767 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin's Invasion, The Gardners Holiday No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin's Invasion, Hearts of Oak, The Lilliputian Camp Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
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