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 %
07 Jan 1768 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £192 10s N/A N/A
28 May 1768 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Dr Faustus, Comic Dance No No Yes £154 17s 6d 100% N/A
06 Oct 1768 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £102 19s N/A N/A
27 Oct 1768 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £120 15s 6d N/A N/A
06 May 1769 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay, Minuet Yes No Yes £135 9s 6d N/A N/A
30 Sep 1769 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay, Rural Love Yes No No £75 13s N/A N/A
14 Nov 1769 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £169 1s 6d N/A N/A
23 Nov 1770 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Portrait, The Old Ground Young No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Jan 1771 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1771 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Institution of the Garter, Comic Dance No No Yes £199 7s 6d N/A N/A
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