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 May 1736 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay, Two Pierrots, Peasant, Scots Dance No No Yes £82 15s 6d N/A N/A
24 Sep 1736 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1736 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Fall of Phaeton, English Maggot No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1736 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Restord, English Maggot No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1737 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Harlequin, Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 May 1737 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Intriguing Chambermaid, English Maggot, Harlequin, Punchs Dance, Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Dragon of Wantley, Clown, French Sailors, Grecian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1738 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Mock Lawyer Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1738 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Margery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1739 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Coblers Opera, Two Pierots, Grecian Sailor, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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