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 %
17 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Highland Reel No No No £115 10s 41% N/A
18 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Duenna No No No £158 4s 57% N/A
23 Dec 1788 Covent Garden Fontainbleau, The Child of Nature No No No £134 12s 39% N/A
03 Jan 1789 Covent Garden Rose And Colin, The Child of Nature, Aladin No No No £183 18s 48% N/A
14 Jan 1789 Covent Garden The Farmer, The Child of Nature, Aladin No No No £246 7s 54% N/A
22 Jan 1789 Covent Garden The Farmer, The Child of Nature, Aladin No No No £266 6s 65% N/A
27 Jan 1789 Covent Garden Rosina, The Child of Nature, Aladin, A Sparring Match No No No £245 18s 53% N/A
02 Feb 1789 Covent Garden Love And War, The Child of Nature, The Farmer No No No £258 17s 6d 65% N/A
09 Feb 1789 Covent Garden Love And War, The Child of Nature, The Farmer No No No £209 5s 53% N/A
18 Feb 1789 Covent Garden The Nunnery, The Child of Nature, The Farmer No No No £214 6s 6d 61% N/A
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