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 %
30 Sep 1769 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay, Rural Love Yes No No £75 13s N/A N/A
14 Nov 1769 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £169 1s 6d N/A N/A
23 Nov 1770 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Portrait, The Old Ground Young No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Jan 1771 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1771 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Institution of the Garter, Comic Dance No No Yes £199 7s 6d N/A N/A
09 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Fairy Prince Yes No No £148 11s 49% N/A
05 Feb 1772 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Skeleton Yes No No £180 8s 6d 39% N/A
30 Oct 1772 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Comus No No No £97 13s 6d 45% N/A
22 Jan 1773 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £156 38% N/A
17 Feb 1773 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Golden Pippin, The Dutch Milkmaid No No No £218 7s 6d 43% N/A
07 Dec 1773 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Golden Pippin, The Lamplighter No No No £103 1s 40% N/A
21 Apr 1775 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Irish Widow, The Grand Garland Dance, The Irish Fair No No Yes £153 8s 6d N/A N/A
16 May 1775 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Tom Thumb, The Pirates No No Yes £233 12s 6d N/A N/A
24 Apr 1776 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Man of Quality, The Jealous Harlequin No No Yes £44 5s 6d N/A N/A
23 Sep 1776 Covent Garden News From Parnassus, The Recruiting Officer, The Mock Doctor No No No £214 17s 6d 100% N/A
24 May 1777 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Lyar, Pastoral Dance No No Yes £210 18s 6d 12% N/A
22 Sep 1777 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Padlock No No No £187 13s 100% N/A
09 Dec 1777 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £99 19s 28% N/A
15 Oct 1778 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Medley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1781 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Deserter, Hornpipe No No Yes £195 13s 6d 35% N/A
19 Sep 1783 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Padlock, The Belle of the Village No No No £201 18s 100% N/A
03 May 1785 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Flitch of Bacon, The Mansion of Peace, Awake Aeolean Lyre, Bright Phoebus has Mounted the Chariot of Day No No Yes £301 19s 6d N/A N/A
01 Jun 1786 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Deserter, The Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £256 2s 35% N/A
29 Jan 1788 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Farmer No No No £166 11s 6d 43% N/A
19 Feb 1788 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Farmer, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £194 5s 53% N/A
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