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 %
29 Nov 1787 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, The Farmer, The Piping Pedlar No No No £130 13s 6d 48% N/A
05 May 1788 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, Linco's Travels, Tom Thumb No No Yes £262 9s 6d 44% N/A
15 Apr 1789 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, Aladin No Yes No £388 16s 6d 73% N/A
04 Jun 1789 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, Love in a Camp, Mirth by Moonshine No No Yes £311 1s 73% N/A
19 May 1791 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, Love in a Camp, The Group of Lovers; Or, Beauty At Her Levee, Say Bonny Lass Will You Lie in a Garrat, The Pleasures of the Chace No No Yes £334 17s N/A N/A
21 Sep 1791 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, Cymon No No No £162 3s 100% N/A
28 Sep 1791 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, Robin Hood No No No £148 8s 6d 100% N/A
06 Mar 1794 Covent Garden The Travellers In Switzerland, He Would Be A Soldier, The Savoyard No No No £361 13s 100% N/A
08 Mar 1794 Covent Garden The Travellers In Switzerland, He Would Be A Soldier, The Savoyard No No Yes £332 9s 6d N/A N/A
13 Mar 1794 Covent Garden The Travellers In Switzerland, He Would Be A Soldier, The Savoyard No No No £292 1s 6d 100% N/A
16 May 1794 Covent Garden The World In A Village, He Would Be A Soldier, Dermot and Kathlane, Tippetywitchet, Jeu d'Esprit or Jerr Sneaks intended Law Suit with the Major, The Little Pig lays without any Straw No No Yes £332 16s 6d 18% N/A
04 Feb 1795 Covent Garden The Mysteries Of The Castle, He Would Be A Soldier No No No £191 2s 53% N/A
24 Apr 1795 Covent Garden Bonduca Queen Of The Britons, He Would Be A Soldier No No Yes £263 3s 41% N/A
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