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 %
22 Mar 1774 Covent Garden Don Sebastian King Of Portugal, The Upholsterer, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £144 6s 6d 57% N/A
25 Apr 1774 Covent Garden King Henry VIII, The Upholsterer, The Frolick No No Yes £116 7s 40% N/A
17 May 1774 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Upholsterer, Comic Dance No No Yes £249 1s 33% N/A
29 Nov 1774 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Upholsterer, The Reel, The Vintage Festival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Feb 1775 Covent Garden Phaedra And Hippolitus, The Upholsterer, Rural Merriment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1775 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Upholsterer, The Merry Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1775 Covent Garden Cymbeline, The Upholsterer, The Enchantress No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1775 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Upholsterer, The Gamesters No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1775 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Upholsterer, New Spanish Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1776 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Upholsterer, The Italian Gardeners No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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