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
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