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 %
04 Apr 1745 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Rosamond, Gentle Shepherd, When Britons First At Heaven's Command No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1745 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Tragedy of Tragedies, Nanny O, Early Horn Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1745 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Flora, Scotch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Sep 1745 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Colin And Phebe, Grand Serious Dance, New Grand Comic Dance No No No £70 9s 100% N/A
08 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Debauchees, The Subscription No No No £52 8s 6d N/A N/A
05 Dec 1745 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Lottery, The Peasants, Les Allemandes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay No No No £131 7s 6d 100% N/A
06 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Anatomist, Italian Peasants, Grand Dance No Yes No £151 6d N/A N/A
06 May 1746 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, What D'ye Call It No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Aug 1746 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Tom Thumb, Italian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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