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 %
10 May 1742 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Miss Lucy in Town Yes No No £20 N/A N/A
18 May 1742 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Dragon of Wantley, Rigadone Provencale, Comic Dance, Pantaloon and Enamorata No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1742 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Concerto, Let Me Wander, Tyrolean Dance, Peasant Dance No No No £86 4s 6d 100% N/A
19 Oct 1742 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Concerto, Fear Not Mortal, Grand Serious Ballet, Distracted I Turn From the Same No No No £114 13s N/A N/A
29 Oct 1742 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Miss Lucy in Town, Grand Serious Ballet, Happy Pair, Turkish Seraglio No Yes No £138 9s N/A N/A
15 Dec 1742 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1743 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Neopolitan Punch, Italian Gardiners No No No £110 16s N/A N/A
23 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Dragon of Wantley, Neopolitan Punch, La Florana No No No £64 5s N/A N/A
15 Sep 1743 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1743 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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