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 %
21 May 1796 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Hartford Bridge, The Lucky Escape No No Yes £327 11s 6d N/A N/A
07 Jun 1797 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Sylvester Daggerwood, The Poor Soldier, The Waggoner No No Yes £359 5s 64% N/A
05 Oct 1798 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Reformed in Time No No No £225 3s 100% N/A
18 Jun 1802 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Dairy Maids, The Flitch of Bacon, Sweet Passion of Love, The Beggar Girl, Crazy Jane No No Yes £62 11s N/A N/A
14 Nov 1804 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £181 8s 38% N/A
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