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 %
26 Feb 1789 Covent Garden The Prophet, The Child of Nature, Hide and Seek No No No £182 11s 6d 46% N/A
09 Mar 1789 Covent Garden Hide And Seek, The Child of Nature, The Farmer No No No £154 1s 6d 44% N/A
17 Mar 1789 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Death of Captain Cook, Rosina No No No £233 18s 6d N/A N/A
23 Apr 1789 Covent Garden The Farmer, The Child of Nature, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £234 11s 6d 49% N/A
13 May 1789 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Death of Captain Cook, Marian No No No £122 2s 6d 65% N/A
03 Jun 1789 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, Poor Vulcan, The Midnight Hour No No Yes £176 17s 6d 58% N/A
12 Jun 1789 Covent Garden The Giant Defeated Or The Reward Of Valour, The Child of Nature, The Death of Captain Cook, Poor Thomas Day No No Yes £276 5s 63% N/A
06 Oct 1789 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Highland Reel, The Little Hunchback No No No £128 16s 6d 50% N/A
28 Jan 1790 Covent Garden The Poor Soldier, The Child of Nature, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £185 19s 6d 47% N/A
27 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Busy Body, Thomas and Sally No No Yes £379 43% N/A
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