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 %
08 Nov 1740 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Dragon of Wantley No No No £130 16s 6d N/A N/A
10 Nov 1740 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Honest Yorkshireman Yes No No £96 6s N/A N/A
11 Nov 1740 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Tanner of York No No No £73 2s 6d N/A N/A
19 Nov 1740 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The School Boy, Comic Ballet, Drunken Peasant, Le Bergeres, Wooden Shoe No No Yes £120 19s N/A N/A
30 Dec 1740 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Tyrolean Dance between Hungarian and Two Tyrolese, Italian Peasants No No No £82 2s 6d N/A N/A
14 Feb 1741 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, New Tambourine, Les Savoyards, Louvre, Minuet No Yes Yes £240 1s N/A N/A
10 Apr 1741 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Bacchus Triumphant, The Swiss, Trio of True Happiness No No Yes £147 14s N/A N/A
11 May 1741 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Pierots, Les Matelotes No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
08 Sep 1741 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £105 100% N/A
21 Sep 1741 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Tanner of York No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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