The Country Girl (1766)

Author
David Garrick
Author
William Wycherley
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
£33,278 4s £184 17s 6d (0.6%) £33,093 6s 6d (99.4%)
1732 - 1809
£33,278 4s - (100%) £184 17s 6d (0.6%) £33,093 6s 6d (99.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
159 3 156
1732 - 1809
159 3 156
Notes
Adapted from William Wycherley's 'The Country Wife' (1675).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
02 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £178 16s 6d 50% N/A
16 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £232 2s 6d 53% N/A
23 May 1789 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Padlock, The Irish Bird Catchers No No Yes £291 N/A N/A
01 Jun 1789 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Farm House No No No £171 6d 44% N/A
08 Feb 1790 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Harlequin's Frolicks No No No £253 3s 55% N/A
01 Mar 1790 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Harlequin's Frolicks No No No £191 16s 6d 51% N/A
23 Mar 1790 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Romp, Treble Hornpipe, Poor Jack, Or the Sweet Little Cherub No No Yes £249 10s 6d 42% N/A
01 May 1790 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Devil to Pay, The Irish Bird Catchers No No Yes £212 14s 6d 42% N/A
16 Jun 1790 Covent Garden The Country Girl, The Quaker No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Sep 1790 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Liar No No No £217 11s 6d 100% N/A
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