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
£34,530 12s 6d £31,521 5s 6d (91.3%) £3,009 7s (8.7%)
1732 - 1809
£34,530 12s 6d - (100%) £31,521 5s 6d (91.3%) £3,009 7s (8.7%)
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 %
20 Oct 1807 Drury Lane All in the Wrong, The Poor Soldier No No No £331 1s 6d N/A N/A
15 Mar 1808 Drury Lane All in the Wrong, The Poor Soldier No No No £207 19s 6d N/A N/A
09 Jun 1808 Drury Lane The Soldier's Daughter, In Search of a Wife, The New School, Long Time I've Courted You, Miss, But Now I'm Come from Sea, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £587 19s N/A N/A
30 Sep 1808 Covent Garden The Grecian Daughter, The Poor Soldier No No No £327 9s 100% N/A
24 Oct 1808 Covent Garden Richard the Third, The Poor Soldier No No No £223 4s 42% N/A
02 Dec 1808 Covent Garden The Exile, The Poor Soldier No No No £400 4s 6d 59% N/A
21 Mar 1809 Covent Garden Speed the Plough, The Poor Soldier No No No £193 3s 100% N/A
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