The Child of Nature (1788)

Author
Elizabeth Inchbald
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Romance
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£15,651 14s £7,851 2s (50.2%) £7,800 12s (49.8%)
1732 - 1809
£15,651 14s - (100%) £7,851 2s (50.2%) £7,800 12s (49.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
76 44 32
1732 - 1809
76 44 32
Notes
Translated from the comtesse de Genlis's 'Zélie, ou l'Ingénue'.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
10 Mar 1803 Drury Lane The Hero of the North, The Child of Nature No No No £301 15s 6d 40% N/A
21 May 1804 Drury Lane The Child of Nature, Midas, Achille et Deidamie, The Village Festival, The Hornpipe from the Ballet of Barbara and Allen No No Yes £517 4s 50% N/A
30 May 1804 Drury Lane Midas, The Child of Nature, The Caravan No No Yes £165 10s 6d 49% N/A
12 Dec 1804 Covent Garden Thirty Thousand; or, Who's the Richest?, The Child of Nature No No No £188 6s 46% N/A
03 Jan 1807 Drury Lane The Child of Nature, Tekeli; or, The Siege of Montgatz, The Enchanters; or, Harlequin Sultaun No No No £239 17s 44% N/A
25 Jun 1808 Covent Garden The Road to Ruin, The Child of Nature No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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