The Poor Soldier (1783)

Author
John O'Keeffe
Composer
William Shield
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£41,138 £37,111 3s (90.2%) £4,026 17s (9.8%)
1732 - 1809
£41,138 - (100%) £37,111 3s (90.2%) £4,026 17s (9.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
197 186 11
1732 - 1809
197 186 11
Notes
Adapted from O'Keeffe's 'The Shamrock; or, The Anniversary of St Patrick' (1777).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
21 Jan 1789 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Poor Soldier No No No £166 14s 6d 45% N/A
16 Mar 1789 Covent Garden The Comedy Of Errors, The Death of Captain Cook, The Poor Soldier No No No £257 16s 6d 62% N/A
25 Sep 1789 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, The Poor Soldier No No No £262 12s 6d 100% N/A
09 Oct 1789 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Poor Soldier No No No £201 1s 6d 100% N/A
06 Nov 1789 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Poor Soldier, Tamborine Dance No No No £147 7s 57% N/A
16 Nov 1789 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Poor Soldier No No No £226 9s 6d 53% N/A
27 Nov 1789 Covent Garden The Clandestine Marriage, The Poor Soldier No No No £192 8s 6d 57% N/A
09 Dec 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Poor Soldier, The Deserter No No No £210 13s 57% N/A
28 Jan 1790 Covent Garden The Poor Soldier, The Child of Nature, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £185 19s 6d 47% N/A
05 Feb 1790 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Poor Soldier, The Deserter No No No £177 13s 54% N/A
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