The Farmer (1787)

Author
John O'Keeffe
Composer
William Shield
Composer
Tommaso Giordani
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£35,056 7s 8d £35,056 7s 8d (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£35,056 7s 8d - (100%) £35,056 7s 8d (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
150 150 0
1732 - 1809
150 150 0
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
06 Jan 1792 Covent Garden The Farmer, Modern Antiques, Blue Beard No No No £132 19s 31% N/A
27 Feb 1792 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, The Farmer No No Yes £302 18s 6d N/A N/A
20 Apr 1792 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, The Farmer, Divertisement No No No £199 5s 6d 39% N/A
16 May 1792 Covent Garden Fashionable Levities, The Farmer, The Irishman in London, If You Travel the Wide World All Over (A Planxty, Discriptive of Ireland), Jeu D'Esprit; or, Jerry Sneak's Intended Law Suit with the Major, My Little Pig Lays Without any Straw No No Yes £282 4s 6d 45% N/A
24 May 1792 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, The Farmer, Pastoral Dance, Black-Eyed Susan No No Yes £358 5s 6d 35% N/A
21 Sep 1792 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Farmer No No No £129 19s 100% N/A
31 Oct 1792 Covent Garden Wild Oats Or The Strolling Gentlemen, The Farmer No No No £219 11s 6d 58% N/A
17 Dec 1792 Covent Garden Columbus, The Farmer No No No £201 9s 40% N/A
29 Jan 1793 Covent Garden Every One Has His Fault, The Farmer No No No £299 9s 6d 60% N/A
08 May 1793 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Relief of Williamstadt, The Farmer No No Yes £391 10s 6d 24% N/A
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