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 %
07 Mar 1803 Covent Garden John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fire Side, The Poor Soldier No No No £426 3s 57% N/A
08 Jun 1803 Covent Garden The Road to Ruin, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £431 5s N/A N/A
20 Oct 1803 Covent Garden Pizarro, The Poor Soldier No No No £404 1s 71% N/A
23 Feb 1804 Covent Garden Love Gives the Alarm, The Poor Soldier No No No £311 8s 39% N/A
09 Jun 1804 Covent Garden Speed the Plough, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £385 2s 6d N/A N/A
24 Sep 1804 Covent Garden The Mountaineers, The Poor Soldier No No No £334 13s 6d 100% N/A
23 Apr 1805 Covent Garden Zara, The Poor Soldier No No No £459 10s 71% N/A
15 May 1805 Drury Lane The Soldier's Daughter, Polocca Bravura, All for Fame! or, A Peep at the Times, The Poor Soldier, Dance from The Corsair, No, 'Twas Neither Shape Nor Feature, Douglas, The Tartan Pladie No No Yes £216 10s 6d N/A N/A
23 Sep 1805 Covent Garden The Mountaineers, The Poor Soldier No No No £336 16s 6d 100% N/A
12 Oct 1805 Covent Garden Othello, the Moor of Venice, The Poor Soldier No No No £331 14s 6d 66% N/A
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