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 %
28 Feb 1788 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Farmer, The Piping Pedlar No No No £189 6s 6d N/A N/A
27 Mar 1788 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Omai No No No £163 17s 6d 45% N/A
19 Sep 1788 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Poor Soldier No No No £200 3s 100% N/A
14 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Marian No No No £172 13s 63% N/A
05 Jan 1789 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Aladin, A Sparring Match No No No £276 11s 68% N/A
09 Jun 1789 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Highland Reel, The Piping Pedlar No No Yes £146 7s 75% N/A
25 Feb 1790 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £182 5s 6d 42% N/A
29 May 1790 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Highland Reel No No Yes £349 15s 6d N/A N/A
08 Oct 1790 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Provocation No No No £213 10s 6d 100% N/A
27 Dec 1790 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Picture of Paris No No No £231 18s 6d 46% N/A
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