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 %
10 Apr 1787 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Alchymist No No Yes £268 11s 6d 31% N/A
04 May 1787 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Double Disguise, Overture No No Yes £174 4s 6d 33% N/A
22 Sep 1787 Drury Lane The Country Girl, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £185 12s 100% N/A
03 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Virgin Unmasked, The Capricious Lovers No No No £98 4s 6d 34% N/A
08 Nov 1787 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £180 12s 61% N/A
05 Apr 1788 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The First Floor No No No £157 15s 6d 48% N/A
02 Jun 1788 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Deserter of Naples or Royal Clemency No No Yes £275 10s 65% N/A
21 Nov 1788 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Deserter No No No £153 13s 56% N/A
05 Dec 1788 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Pannel No No No £169 5s 6d 56% N/A
22 Dec 1788 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Robinson Crusoe or Harlequin Friday No No No £223 7s 61% N/A
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