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 %
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
21 Dec 1767 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant, The Upholsterer, The Garland No No Yes £138 9s N/A N/A
03 Feb 1768 Covent Garden The Good Natured Man, The Upholsterer No No No £203 14s N/A N/A
04 Feb 1768 Covent Garden The Good Natured Man, The Upholsterer, The Irish Lilt, The Merry Sailors No Yes No £236 4s N/A N/A
16 Feb 1768 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Upholsterer No No No £225 2s N/A N/A
01 Mar 1768 Covent Garden Lionel And Clarissa, The Upholsterer, The Provenzales No No Yes £219 16s 6d N/A N/A
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