The Poor Soldier (1783)

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 %
26 Feb 1784 Covent Garden The Grecian Daughter, Poor Soldier, Damon and Musidora No No No £207 18s 54% N/A
01 Mar 1784 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, The Rival Knights, The Poor Soldier No No No £228 15s 6d 58% N/A
09 Mar 1784 Covent Garden The Man Of The World, The Poor Soldier No No No £258 15s 64% N/A
16 Mar 1784 Covent Garden Which Is The Man, The Rival Knights, The Poor Soldier No No No £192 17s 6d N/A N/A
20 Mar 1784 Covent Garden Isabella Or The Fatal Marriage, The Rival Knights, The Poor Soldier, Epithalamium No No No £268 4s 68% N/A
25 Mar 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Poor Soldier No No No £274 9s 62% N/A
01 Apr 1784 Covent Garden Cymon, The Poor Soldier No No No £217 19s 58% N/A
12 Apr 1784 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Rival Knights, The Poor Soldier, Minuet, Dirge No No No £186 18s 6d 56% N/A
29 Apr 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Rival Knights, The Poor Soldier No No No £204 13s 6d 50% N/A
02 Jun 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Poor Soldier, Malbrough No No No £227 6s 6d 100% N/A