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 %
07 Sep 1739 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Dec 1739 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Toy Shop, Faithful Lovers, Grand Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1739 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Phebe or The Beggars Wedding, Peasant, Grand Ballet, L'Allamande, Le Tambourine No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1740 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Scots Dance, Drunken Peasant, Grand Ballet, Le Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Feb 1740 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The What Dye Call It, Comic Ballet, Grand Ballet, Sailors Dance in Momus, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1740 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Virgin Unmasked, L'Arlequine a deux Visages, Hungarian Dance, La Jalouzie, La Tambourine, Pierots No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1740 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Damon and Phillida, Ballet, Grecian Sailors, Je ne scay quoy No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 May 1740 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Mock Doctor, Pierots, The Life of a Belle, Water Music, Le Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1740 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1740 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The What Dye Call it No Yes No £161 8s N/A N/A
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