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 %
09 Apr 1779 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Upholsterer, The Villagers No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1779 Covent Garden Illumination, The Tempest, The Upholsterer No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1779 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Upholsterer No No No £196 3s 6d 66% N/A
18 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Shepherdess Of The Alps, The Upholsterer, The Embarkment for Cytherea No No No £158 13s 44% N/A
01 Feb 1780 Covent Garden The Widow Of Delphi Or The Descent Of The Dieties, The Upholsterer No No No £228 4s 6d 52% N/A
28 Feb 1780 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Upholsterer No Yes No £285 5s 54% N/A
21 Sep 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, The Frolick, Hornpipe No No No £139 19s 6d 64% N/A
24 Nov 1780 Covent Garden Theodosius, The Upholsterer No No No £131 10s N/A N/A
23 Dec 1780 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Upholsterer, The Shepherds Wedding No No No £99 6s 51% N/A
24 Mar 1781 Covent Garden Second Thoughts Are Best, The Upholsterer, The Caledonian Shepherds No No No £170 1s N/A N/A
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