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 %
28 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £150 15s 6d 42% N/A
29 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, Marian, The Piping Pedlar No No No £195 1s 47% N/A
02 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Poor Soldier, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £160 3s 6d 42% N/A
04 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, Marian No No No £182 16s 63% N/A
06 Dec 1788 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Child of Nature No No No £233 17s 6d 52% N/A
08 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Highland Reel No No No £231 1s 56% N/A
10 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, Love in a Village, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £219 18s 6d 59% N/A
11 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Farmer, The Midnight Hour No No No £183 2s 6d 62% N/A
12 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Highland Reel No No No £201 16s 77% N/A
16 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Prophet, The Child of Nature No No No £146 2s 46% N/A
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