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
21 Mar 1772 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Upholsterer, The Amusements of Strasburgh No No Yes £297 4s 54% N/A
04 May 1772 Covent Garden The Winter's Tale As Written By Shakespeare, The Upholsterer Yes No Yes £129 6s 50% N/A
26 May 1772 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Upholsterer, The Lilt No No Yes £244 18s 6d 40% N/A
09 Oct 1772 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Upholsterer, Fingalian Dance, Double Hornpipe No No No £219 4s 100% N/A
24 Nov 1772 Covent Garden Elfrida, The Upholsterer, The Tartars Yes No No £168 13s 59% N/A
13 Mar 1773 Covent Garden Alzuma, The Upholsterer No No Yes £150 10s N/A N/A
04 May 1773 Covent Garden Julius Caesar, The Upholsterer, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £123 18s 59% N/A
01 Oct 1773 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Upholsterer, Fingalian Dance, Double Hornpipe No No No £151 10s 100% N/A
30 Oct 1773 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Upholsterer No No No £152 11s 6d 39% N/A
02 Feb 1774 Covent Garden The Man Of Business, The Upholsterer, The Highland Reel No No Yes £160 4s N/A N/A
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
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
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
10 May 1781 Covent Garden The Man Of The World, The Upholsterer No No No £173 14s 6d 73% N/A
24 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Chances, The Upholsterer, The Double Surprise No No Yes £122 11s 31% N/A
23 Sep 1782 Covent Garden A New Occasional Prelude, The Busy Body, The Upholsterer No No No £314 18s 100% N/A
01 Dec 1784 Covent Garden Fontainbleau, The Upholsterer, The Mountaineers or The Woodland Sports No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Feb 1791 Covent Garden The Widow Of Malabar, The Upholsterer, A Divertisement No No No £241 1s 6d 51% N/A
23 Apr 1794 Covent Garden The Jealous Wife, True Blue, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe, Blow high, blow low, The Mid Watch, Rule Britannia No No Yes £384 17s 6d 29% N/A
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