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 Mar 1768 Covent Garden Cymbeline, The Upholsterer, The Highland Reel Yes No Yes £268 10s 6d N/A N/A
10 May 1768 Covent Garden Zara, The Upholsterer, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £235 14s N/A N/A
25 May 1768 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £153 11s 6d N/A N/A
12 Oct 1768 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Upholsterer, The Royal Garland No No No £142 18s N/A N/A
01 Nov 1768 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, The Upholsterer, The Lamplighters No No No £129 10s N/A N/A
19 Nov 1768 Covent Garden Zara, The Upholsterer, The Merry Sailors No No No £159 7s 6d N/A N/A
06 Dec 1768 Covent Garden Cyrus, The Upholsterer No No Yes £201 17s N/A N/A
23 Dec 1768 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Upholsterer Yes No No £198 17s 6d N/A N/A
02 Feb 1769 Covent Garden Tom Jones, The Upholsterer, The Lamplighters No No Yes £151 5s N/A N/A
06 Mar 1769 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Upholsterer Yes No No £230 13s 6d N/A N/A
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