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
£16,878 1s 6d £14,384 17s 6d (85.2%) £2,493 4s (14.8%)
1732 - 1809
£16,878 1s 6d - (100%) £14,384 17s 6d (85.2%) £2,493 4s (14.8%)
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 %
23 May 1765 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe, The Jealous Woodcutter No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1765 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Upholsterer, The Garland No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1765 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew Or The Merry Beggars, The Upholsterer, Rural Love No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Nov 1765 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Upholsterer, The Calabrian Peasants Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1765 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Upholsterer, The Venetian Gardeners, Rural Love Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1766 Covent Garden The Double Mistake, The Upholsterer, The Village Romps No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1766 Covent Garden The Summer's Tale, The Upholsterer, Rural Love, The Garland No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Feb 1766 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Upholsterer, Rural Love Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Mar 1766 Covent Garden Comus, The Upholsterer No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1766 Covent Garden Cato, The Upholsterer, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1766 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Upholsterer, The Drunken Peasant, The Cries of London, Comic Dance, Double Hornpipe, The Village Romps No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1766 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, The Fingalian Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1766 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Upholsterer, The Village Romps No No No £163 4s 60% N/A
21 Oct 1766 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Upholsterer, The Village Romps No No No £85 1s 6d 39% N/A
13 Nov 1766 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Upholsterer, The Village Romps No No No £194 11s 6d 45% N/A
09 Jan 1767 Covent Garden The Accomplish'd Maid, The Upholsterer, The Happy Villagers, The Female Archer No No No £119 8s 6d 46% N/A
11 Feb 1767 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Upholsterer, The Female Archer Yes No No £220 1s 60% N/A
18 Feb 1767 Covent Garden The School For Guardians, The Upholsterer, The Gallant Peasants No No Yes £152 10s N/A N/A
24 Mar 1767 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, The Female Archer No No Yes £285 13s 6d 64% N/A
31 Mar 1767 Covent Garden Cleone, The Upholsterer, The Village Romps No No Yes £200 2s 6d 53% N/A
22 Apr 1767 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, The Upholsterer, The Village Romps, The Female Archer No No Yes £210 15s 47% N/A
29 Apr 1767 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, The Female Archer Yes No Yes £164 2s N/A N/A
16 May 1767 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, Blind Mans Buff Yes No Yes £162 11s N/A N/A
17 Sep 1767 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, The Upholsterer, Serious Dance No No No £111 7s N/A N/A
20 Nov 1767 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Upholsterer, New Pantomime Dance No No No £119 16s N/A N/A
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