He Would be a Soldier (1786)

Author
Frederick Pilon
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
£8,832 4s £8,832 4s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£8,832 4s - (100%) £8,832 4s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
38 38 0
1732 - 1809
38 38 0
Notes
Converted into an afterpiece in March 1794.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
09 Dec 1786 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, Love in a Camp, Dotage, or The Natural Mistake No No No £193 4s 45% N/A
12 Dec 1786 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, Hob in the Well, The Drunken Sailor Reclaim'd No No No £129 11s 46% N/A
14 Dec 1786 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, Hob in the Well, The Drunken Sailor Reclaimed No Yes No £312 4s 60% N/A
09 Jan 1787 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, The Enchanted Castle No No No £260 4s 63% N/A
12 Jan 1787 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, The Enchanted Castle No No No £220 14s 52% N/A
16 Jan 1787 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, The Enchanted Castle No No No £219 12s 52% N/A
19 Jan 1787 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, The Enchanted Castle No No No £192 44% N/A
22 Jan 1787 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, The Enchanted Castle No No No £217 6s N/A N/A
25 Jan 1787 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, The Enchanted Castle No No No £212 12s 49% N/A
01 Feb 1787 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, The Two Misers, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £206 13s 6d N/A N/A
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