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 %
18 Apr 1786 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Double Disguise, Tally Ho! No No Yes £321 18s 28% N/A
03 May 1786 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Who's the Dupe, The Lucky Return, Bright Phoebus No No Yes £295 13s 53% N/A
21 Sep 1786 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Who's the Dupe No No No £208 14s 100% N/A
29 Nov 1786 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Lyar No No No £105 6d 35% N/A
20 Dec 1786 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £190 4s 53% N/A
29 Dec 1786 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £201 4s 6d 51% N/A
22 Jan 1787 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The First Floor No No Yes £266 16s 6d N/A N/A
27 Jan 1787 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £182 45% N/A
17 Feb 1787 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Sultan, La Soiree Provencalle No No No £189 18s 42% N/A
24 Feb 1787 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Sultan, The Village Archers No No No £199 17s 6d 43% N/A
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