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 %
28 Oct 1785 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Arthur and Emmeline, The Market Day No No No £135 11s 6d 37% N/A
01 Nov 1785 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Rival Candidates, The Market Day No No No £109 7s 44% N/A
02 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Jubilee, The Market Day No No No £285 4s 67% N/A
14 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Jubilee, The Market Day No No No £282 7s 6d 58% N/A
21 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Jubilee No No No £203 11s 6d 44% N/A
18 Jan 1786 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Romp No Yes No £311 5s 6d 54% N/A
01 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Hurly Burly No No No £266 4s 62% N/A
09 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Hurly Burly No No No £213 7s 59% N/A
17 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Hurly Burly No No No £152 3s 45% N/A
27 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Critic No No No £126 9s 6d 32% N/A
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