The Upholsterer; or, What News? (1758)

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 %
11 Nov 1763 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, The Upholsterer, The Cudgelled Husband No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1763 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Upholsterer, The Knife Grinders, The Sicilian Peasants No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1763 Covent Garden The Squire Of Alsatia, The Upholsterer, The Knife Grinders Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Dec 1763 Covent Garden The Squire Of Alsatia, The Upholsterer, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Dec 1763 Covent Garden The Royal Convert, The Upholsterer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1763 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Upholsterer, Venus Revenged No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jan 1764 Covent Garden Comus, The Upholsterer Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1764 Covent Garden No Ones Enemy But His Own, The Upholsterer, Venus Revenged No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Feb 1764 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Upholsterer, Venus Revenged No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Mar 1764 Covent Garden Comus, The Upholsterer No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A