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
£20,018 3s £9,224 17s (46.1%) £10,793 6s (53.9%)
1732 - 1809
£20,018 3s - (100%) £9,224 17s (46.1%) £10,793 6s (53.9%)
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 %
02 Jun 1795 Drury Lane The Child Of Nature, The Spoiled Child, No Song No Supper, Within a Mile of Edinburgh, I Never Lov'd Any Dear Mary But You, I That Once was a Ploughman a Sailor Am Now [By Dibdin], Sally in Our Alley No No Yes £669 6d 60% N/A
17 Nov 1795 Drury Lane The Child Of Nature, Lodoiska No No No £183 51% N/A
01 Dec 1795 Drury Lane The Spanish Barber, The Child of Nature, The Spoiled Child No No No £323 9s 66% N/A
08 Dec 1795 Drury Lane The Spanish Barber, The Child of Nature, The Spoiled Child No No No £284 12s 68% N/A
15 Dec 1795 Drury Lane The Spanish Barber, The Child of Nature, The Spoiled Child No No No £278 18s 67% N/A
22 Dec 1795 Drury Lane The Spanish Barber, The Child of Nature, The Spoiled Child No No No £250 12s 50% N/A
29 Dec 1795 Drury Lane The Spanish Barber, The Child of Nature, The Spoiled Child No No No £250 7s 6d 50% N/A
11 Feb 1796 Drury Lane No Song No Supper, The Child of Nature, Harlequin Captive No No No £369 10s 6d 49% N/A
20 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Wedding Day, The Child of Nature, The Shepherdess of Cheapside No No No £398 8s 6d 56% N/A
10 Mar 1796 Drury Lane My Grandmother, The Child of Nature, The Prize No No No £282 3s 6d 58% N/A
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