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
20 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The School For Wives, The Poor Soldier, Stand to Your Guns, My Hearts of Oak, The Tobacco Box; Or, The Soldier's Farewell No No Yes £210 8s 6d 57% N/A
30 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth, The Poor Soldier, The Lamp Lighter, The Doctrine of an Israelite No No Yes £209 54% N/A
15 May 1790 Covent Garden Othello, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £200 6s 57% N/A
26 May 1790 Covent Garden The Lying Valet, The Poor Soldier, Harlequin's Chaplet, Grand Ballet of Action No No Yes £285 2s 72% N/A
17 Sep 1790 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Poor Soldier No No No £193 8s 6d 100% N/A
29 Sep 1790 Covent Garden The Man Of The World, The Poor Soldier No No No £222 2s 6d 100% N/A
13 Nov 1790 Covent Garden The German Hotel, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £164 12s N/A N/A
17 Dec 1790 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Poor Soldier Yes No No £187 10s 6d 55% N/A
19 Feb 1791 Covent Garden The School For Arrogance, The Poor Soldier No No No £179 13s 6d 46% N/A
09 Apr 1791 Covent Garden Lorenzo, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £188 9s 6d N/A N/A
29 Apr 1791 Covent Garden Wild Oats, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £244 10s N/A N/A
10 May 1791 Covent Garden National Prejudice, The Poor Soldier, Comic and Tragic Imitations No No Yes £313 3s 65% N/A
04 Jun 1791 Covent Garden Fontainbleau, The Poor Soldier, Had I a Heart for Falsehood No No Yes £147 9s 6d 15% N/A
19 Oct 1791 Covent Garden Wild Oats, The Poor Soldier No No No £234 18s 100% N/A
11 Nov 1791 Covent Garden Notoriety, The Poor Soldier No No No £225 9s 6d 57% N/A
23 Nov 1791 Covent Garden Notoriety, The Prussian Festival, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £195 6s N/A N/A
26 Jan 1792 Covent Garden Wild Oats, The Poor Soldier No No No £164 6s 6d 33% N/A
21 Feb 1792 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £224 1s 6d N/A N/A
17 Mar 1792 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, The Poor Soldier No No No £291 12s 43% N/A
27 Apr 1792 Covent Garden Wild Oats, The Poor Soldier No No No £132 6s 6d N/A N/A
29 May 1792 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £426 13s 6d 40% N/A
24 Sep 1792 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex Or The Unhappy Favorite, The Poor Soldier No No No £249 17s 100% N/A
17 Oct 1792 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Poor Soldier No No No £306 12s 6d 100% N/A
04 Dec 1792 Covent Garden Columbus, The Poor Soldier No No No £230 16s 6d 77% N/A
18 Apr 1793 Covent Garden How To Grow Rich, The Poor Soldier, The Bouquet No No No £249 7s 6d 56% N/A
16 May 1793 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, The Soldier's Festival, The Poor Soldier, Concerto on grand pianoforte No No Yes £276 10s 6d 49% N/A
01 Oct 1793 Covent Garden Every One Has His Fault, The Poor Soldier No No No £158 14s 6d 100% N/A
31 Oct 1793 Covent Garden Wild Oats, The Poor Soldier, The Drunken Swiss No No No £183 14s 100% N/A
21 Feb 1794 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Poor Soldier, Dirge No No No £195 7s 6d 100% N/A
25 Mar 1794 Covent Garden Fontainville Forest, The Poor Soldier No No No £263 19s 6d 100% N/A
06 May 1794 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Sailor's Festival, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £316 11s 6d 32% N/A
19 Sep 1794 Covent Garden The Beaux Stratagem, The Poor Soldier No No No £191 7s 100% N/A
07 Feb 1795 Covent Garden The Mysteries Of The Castle, The Poor Soldier No No No £146 2s 59% N/A
04 May 1795 Drury Lane The Child Of Nature, The Old Maid, The Poor Soldier, In the dead of the night No No Yes £667 10s 6d 58% N/A
06 Jun 1795 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, The Irish Widow, A Masque In Honor of the Nuptials of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with Caroline Princess of Brunswick on 8 April 1795, The Poor Soldier, Grand Dance, The Richmond Primrose Girl No No Yes £204 5s 57% N/A
18 Sep 1795 Covent Garden The Bank Note Or A Lesson For The Ladies, The Poor Soldier No No No £175 3s 6d 100% N/A
23 Jan 1796 Covent Garden The Way To Get Married, The Poor Soldier No No No £281 14s 6d 34% N/A
30 Sep 1796 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Poor Soldier No No No £281 17s 100% N/A
07 Jun 1797 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, Sylvester Daggerwood, The Poor Soldier, The Waggoner No No Yes £359 5s 64% N/A
27 Sep 1797 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Poor Soldier No No No £236 100% N/A
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