The Upholsterer; or, What News? (1758)

Author
Arthur Murphy
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£13,666 4s £11,344 5s (83%) £2,321 19s (17%)
1732 - 1809
£13,666 4s - (100%) £11,344 5s (83%) £2,321 19s (17%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
156 140 16
1732 - 1809
156 140 16
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
19 Jan 1770 Covent Garden Cymbeline, The Upholsterer, The Whim No No No £250 6d N/A N/A
13 Mar 1770 Covent Garden Timanthes, The Upholsterer, Concerto on hautboy No No Yes £173 11s 6d N/A N/A
27 Mar 1770 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Upholsterer, The Whim No No Yes £207 5s 6d N/A N/A
23 Apr 1770 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Upholsterer, The Reel No No Yes £129 15s 6d N/A N/A
04 May 1770 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Upholsterer, The Dutch Dance, Allemande, The Old Ground Young Yes No Yes £219 16s 6d N/A N/A
10 Apr 1771 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, True Blue, The Upholsterer No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1771 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Upholsterer No No No £127 9s 34% N/A
10 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer No No No £146 7s 6d 47% N/A
13 Dec 1771 Covent Garden Zobeide, The Upholsterer No No Yes £149 7s 6d N/A N/A
24 Jan 1772 Covent Garden Zobeide, The Upholsterer, True Blue No No Yes £130 3s N/A N/A
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