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 %
27 Apr 1791 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Don Juan No No Yes £264 19s 45% N/A
18 May 1791 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Court of Apollo, The Pannel No No Yes £100 16s 6d N/A N/A
10 Jun 1791 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Wives Revenged, Tippoo Saib, Stand to Your Guns, Poor Orra Tink on Yanco Dear, The Gallant Soldier Born to Arms No No Yes £246 4s 100% N/A
08 Nov 1791 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Deserter No No No £179 12s 6d N/A N/A
14 Nov 1792 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Hartford Bridge No No No £286 1s 64% N/A
16 Nov 1792 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Hartford Bridge, The Lucky Escape No No No £250 13s 72% N/A
11 Apr 1793 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, True Blue, Comus, Hornpipe, Sweet Echo, Nor on Beds of Fading Flowers No No Yes £273 3s 42% N/A
01 Jun 1793 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Mariners No No Yes £182 3s 31% N/A
26 Nov 1795 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Children in the Wood No No No £167 17s 42% N/A
02 Jan 1796 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Children in the Wood No No No £165 9s 45% N/A
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