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 %
24 Sep 1804 Covent Garden The Mountaineers, The Poor Soldier No No No £334 13s 6d 100% N/A
23 Apr 1805 Covent Garden Zara, The Poor Soldier No No No £459 10s 71% N/A
15 May 1805 Drury Lane The Soldier's Daughter, Polocca Bravura, All for Fame! or, A Peep at the Times, The Poor Soldier, Dance from The Corsair, No, 'Twas Neither Shape Nor Feature, Douglas, The Tartan Pladie No No Yes £216 10s 6d N/A N/A
23 Sep 1805 Covent Garden The Mountaineers, The Poor Soldier No No No £336 16s 6d 100% N/A
12 Oct 1805 Covent Garden Othello, the Moor of Venice, The Poor Soldier No No No £331 14s 6d 66% N/A
23 Dec 1805 Covent Garden Barbarossa, The Poor Soldier No No No £425 2s 6d 60% N/A
06 May 1806 Covent Garden Barbarossa, The Poor Solider No No No £268 15s 6d 43% N/A
29 May 1806 Covent Garden The Poor Soldier, A Tale of Terror No No Yes £563 3s 6d 39% N/A
13 Jun 1806 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £391 12s 100% N/A
03 Jun 1807 Covent Garden Poor Gentleman, Poor Soldier No No Yes £561 15s 6d 67% N/A
14 Sep 1807 Covent Garden Romeo and Juliet, Solemn Dirge, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1807 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Poor Soldier No No No £344 14s 100% N/A
24 Sep 1807 Drury Lane Adelgitha, The Poor Soldier No No No £275 11s 100% N/A
29 Sep 1807 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Poor Soldier No No No £400 15s 6d 100% N/A
06 Oct 1807 Drury Lane Percy, The Poor Soldier No No No £293 2s 100% N/A
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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