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 %
07 Mar 1776 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Upholsterer, La Soiree Alamode No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Mar 1776 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Upholsterer, La Soiree Alamode No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1776 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe, Country Dance No No No £237 7s 6d 61% N/A
09 Nov 1776 Covent Garden The Duenna Or The Double Elopement, The Upholsterer, The Irish Lilt No No No £283 66% N/A
17 Nov 1777 Covent Garden The Orphan Of China, The Upholsterer, The Enchantress No No No £129 19s 43% N/A
18 Nov 1777 Covent Garden Love Finds The Way, The Upholsterer, The Minuet de la Cour, The Enchantress No No No £233 8s 6d 72% N/A
19 Dec 1777 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Upholsterer, The Enchantress No No Yes £181 12s 47% N/A
09 May 1778 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Upholsterer, The Arts and Sciences, The Russian Light Infantry and Cossack Camp No No Yes £149 2s 6d 39% N/A
02 Dec 1778 Covent Garden The Lady Of The Manor, The Upholsterer, The Embarkment for Cytherea No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1778 Covent Garden Buthred, The Upholsterer, The Villagers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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