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 %
23 Dec 1784 Covent Garden Barbarossa, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Feb 1785 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Feb 1785 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Mar 1785 Covent Garden Phaedra And Hypolitus, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1785 Covent Garden Douglas, The Poor Soldier, Pastoral Sports No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1785 Covent Garden Fashionable Levities, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1785 Covent Garden Fashionable Levities, The Poor Soldier, Damon and Musidora No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1785 Covent Garden Othello, The Poor Soldier No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1785 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1785 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1785 Covent Garden Fashionable Levities, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 May 1785 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1785 Covent Garden The Roman Father, The Poor Soldier No No No £302 18s 6d 56% N/A
01 Nov 1785 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Poor Soldier No No No £139 6s 56% N/A
09 Nov 1785 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Poor Soldier, The Wapping Landlady No No No £184 5s 59% N/A
25 Nov 1785 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Poor Soldier, Solemn Dirge No No No £239 13s 52% N/A
03 Dec 1785 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Poor Soldier No No No £117 17s 31% N/A
12 Dec 1785 Covent Garden Percy, The Poor Soldier No No No £153 14s 6d 42% N/A
16 Feb 1786 Covent Garden Which Is The Man, The Poor Soldier No No No £190 14s 41% N/A
08 Apr 1786 Covent Garden The Foundling, The Poor Soldier, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £265 2s 45% N/A
25 May 1786 Covent Garden The Plain Dealer, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £300 12s 6d 58% N/A
29 May 1786 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Poor Soldier, The Piping Pedlar No No No £63 14s 6d 72% N/A
02 Jun 1786 Covent Garden The Beaux Stratagem, The Poor Soldier, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £175 13s 70% N/A
31 Oct 1786 Covent Garden The Foundling, The Poor Soldier, The Piping Pedlar No No No £123 12s 39% N/A
21 Nov 1786 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £249 7s N/A N/A
02 Feb 1787 Covent Garden The Man Of The World, The Poor Soldier No No No £257 3s 66% N/A
07 Feb 1787 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Poor Soldier No No No £211 18s 6d 60% N/A
14 Feb 1787 Covent Garden Such Things Are, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £263 14s 6d N/A N/A
24 Feb 1787 Covent Garden Such Things Are, The Poor Soldier No No No £262 11s 57% N/A
03 Mar 1787 Covent Garden Such Things Are, The Poor Soldier No No No £204 16s 6d 53% N/A
25 Apr 1787 Covent Garden The Brothers, The Poor Soldier, Leap Year No No Yes £303 7s 35% N/A
04 May 1787 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Poor Soldier, The Indian's Ransom No No Yes £209 11s 67% N/A
23 May 1787 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Poor Soldier, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £222 14s 63% N/A
31 May 1787 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £323 16s 6d 49% N/A
08 Jun 1787 Covent Garden The Midnight Hour, The Poor Soldier, The Cheats of Scapin No No No £104 9s 76% N/A
17 Sep 1787 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Poor Soldier No No No £213 6s 6d 100% N/A
11 Oct 1787 Covent Garden The Midnight Hour, The Poor Soldier, Bonds without Judgement or The Loves of Bengal No No No £126 16s 6d 33% N/A
18 Dec 1787 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, The Poor Soldier No No No £151 7s 6d 50% N/A
28 Mar 1788 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Poor Soldier, The Italian Bakers No No Yes £260 18s 6d 61% N/A
11 Apr 1788 Covent Garden The Poor Soldier, The Winter's Tale, Tom Thumb, Four and Twenty Fidlers, Come Come My Good Shepherds No No Yes £260 17s 52% N/A
18 Apr 1788 Covent Garden Othello, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £184 9s 6d 47% N/A
03 May 1788 Covent Garden The Poor Soldier, The Winter's Tale, Love in a Camp, Come Come My Good Shepherds No No Yes £201 7s 31% N/A
19 May 1788 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £374 19s 57% N/A
21 May 1788 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The Poor Soldier, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £154 4s 61% N/A
31 May 1788 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £162 10s 6d 28% N/A
19 Sep 1788 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Poor Soldier No No No £200 3s 100% N/A
10 Oct 1788 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Poor Soldier, Fortune's Favor, or The Lovers Lottery No No No £195 4s 100% N/A
29 Oct 1788 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Poor Soldier No No No £185 19s 6d 100% N/A
21 Nov 1788 Covent Garden All In The Wrong, The Poor Soldier No No No £119 11s 44% N/A
02 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Poor Soldier, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £160 3s 6d 42% N/A
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