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 %
10 May 1742 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Miss Lucy in Town Yes No No £20 N/A N/A
18 May 1742 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Dragon of Wantley, Rigadone Provencale, Comic Dance, Pantaloon and Enamorata No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1742 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Concerto, Let Me Wander, Tyrolean Dance, Peasant Dance No No No £86 4s 6d 100% N/A
19 Oct 1742 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Concerto, Fear Not Mortal, Grand Serious Ballet, Distracted I Turn From the Same No No No £114 13s N/A N/A
29 Oct 1742 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Miss Lucy in Town, Grand Serious Ballet, Happy Pair, Turkish Seraglio No Yes No £138 9s N/A N/A
15 Dec 1742 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1743 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Neopolitan Punch, Italian Gardiners No No No £110 16s N/A N/A
23 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Dragon of Wantley, Neopolitan Punch, La Florana No No No £64 5s N/A N/A
15 Sep 1743 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1743 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Nov 1743 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Anatomist, Italian Masquerade No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1743 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Anatomist, Italian Masquerade No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1744 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Grand Volgi No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1744 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Amorous Goddess No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1744 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Harlots Progress, The Last New Turkish Dance, Concerto on violin No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1744 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1744 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Anatomist, Grand Turkish Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1744 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Shipwrecked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1744 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1745 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Temple of Dulness No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1745 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Rosamond, Gentle Shepherd, When Britons First At Heaven's Command No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1745 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Tragedy of Tragedies, Nanny O, Early Horn Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1745 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Flora, Scotch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Sep 1745 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Colin And Phebe, Grand Serious Dance, New Grand Comic Dance No No No £70 9s 100% N/A
08 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Debauchees, The Subscription No No No £52 8s 6d N/A N/A
05 Dec 1745 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Lottery, The Peasants, Les Allemandes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay No No No £131 7s 6d 100% N/A
06 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Anatomist, Italian Peasants, Grand Dance No Yes No £151 6d N/A N/A
06 May 1746 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, What D'ye Call It No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Aug 1746 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Tom Thumb, Italian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1746 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The What Dye Call It No No No £54 14s 6d 100% N/A
21 Nov 1746 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Anatomist No No No £40 25% N/A
28 Jan 1747 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Miss in Her Teens, Turkish Pirate, Laundress's Visiting Day No No No £162 9s 6d 70% N/A
22 May 1747 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £244 16s 6d 100% N/A
13 Nov 1747 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Tea No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1747 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Tit For Tat, The Gardners Revels No No No £114 16s N/A N/A
02 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Grand Ballet, Sailors Rendezvous, Dutch Dance No Yes No £155 18s 6d 100% N/A
13 Feb 1748 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Royal Chace, Ah se amanti fasti mai felice Belve, O Sleep Why Dost Thou Leave Me, Tis' Liberty, Dear Liberty Alone No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1748 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Anacreontic Song, Cupid's Power I Despise, Mirth Gives Courage, O Peace Shepherd What Art Thou Pursuing, Who'll Buy a Heart No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1748 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1748 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Lottery, L'Entree de Flore, Vertumnus and Pomona No No No £89 1s 6d N/A N/A
03 Jan 1749 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Mock Doctor Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1749 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Damon and Phillida No No No £61 6s 45% N/A
05 Dec 1749 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £85 7s 52% N/A
01 May 1750 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Hob No No Yes £135 4s N/A N/A
03 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, A Duke and no Duke, Country Amusements, Pigmalion No No No £80 N/A N/A
28 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Queen Mab No No No £100 N/A N/A
23 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Queen Mab No No No £120 N/A N/A
14 Feb 1751 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Queen Mab No No No £120 N/A N/A
09 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Queen Mab No No No £64 N/A N/A
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