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 %
24 May 1777 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Lyar, Pastoral Dance No No Yes £210 18s 6d 12% N/A
22 Sep 1777 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Padlock No No No £187 13s 100% N/A
09 Dec 1777 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £99 19s 28% N/A
15 Oct 1778 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Medley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1781 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Deserter, Hornpipe No No Yes £195 13s 6d 35% N/A
19 Sep 1783 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Padlock, The Belle of the Village No No No £201 18s 100% N/A
03 May 1785 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Flitch of Bacon, The Mansion of Peace, Awake Aeolean Lyre, Bright Phoebus has Mounted the Chariot of Day No No Yes £301 19s 6d N/A N/A
01 Jun 1786 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Deserter, The Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £256 2s 35% N/A
29 Jan 1788 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Farmer No No No £166 11s 6d 43% N/A
19 Feb 1788 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Farmer, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £194 5s 53% N/A
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