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 %
30 Mar 1758 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Upholsterer Yes No Yes £280 N/A N/A
01 Apr 1758 Drury Lane King Henry IV Part II, The Upholsterer No No No £180 81% N/A
04 Apr 1758 Drury Lane King Henry IV Part II, The Upholsterer No No No £170 68% N/A
06 Apr 1758 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Upholsterer, The Prussian Camp No No No £110 60% N/A
12 Apr 1758 Drury Lane Merope, The Upholsterer No No No £90 65% N/A
13 Apr 1758 Drury Lane The Chances, The Upholsterer Yes No No £120 76% N/A
18 Apr 1758 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Upholsterer, Minuet Yes No No £220 77% N/A
19 Apr 1758 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Upholsterer, The Market No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1758 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Upholsterer Yes No Yes £236 N/A N/A
06 May 1758 Drury Lane The Fatal Marriage, The Upholsterer, The Italian Peasants Yes No Yes £180 N/A N/A
10 May 1758 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Upholsterer, Minuet Yes No Yes £200 N/A N/A
31 May 1758 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Upholsterer No No No £180 100% N/A
26 Mar 1759 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Upholsterer No No Yes £230 N/A N/A
11 Apr 1760 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Upholsterer No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1760 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Upholsterer, The Cow Keepers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Jun 1761 Covent Garden Othello, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe Yes No Yes £79 15s 6d 100% N/A
26 Oct 1763 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Upholsterer, The Knife Grinders No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1763 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Upholsterer, The Knife Grinders No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1763 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Upholsterer, The Cudgelled Husband Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1763 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Upholsterer, The Knife Grinders No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
03 Apr 1764 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Upholsterer, Venus Revenged No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1764 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe, Journey to Paris, Venus Revenged No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1764 Covent Garden Sir Courtly Nice, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe, The Cries of London, The Drunken Peasant, The Knife Grinders No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1764 Covent Garden The Royal Convert, The Upholsterer, Double Hornpipe, New Comic Dance, Venus Revenged No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1764 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Upholsterer, Minuet, The Judgment of Paris No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1764 Covent Garden The Jealous Wife, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe, O Ruddier than the Cherry, Mirth Admit Me of the Crew, The Cudgell'd Husband No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Sep 1764 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Upholsterer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1764 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Upholsterer, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1764 Covent Garden The Royal Convert, The Upholsterer, Tambourine, The Jealous Woodcutter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1764 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Upholsterer, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1764 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Upholsterer, Tambourine, La Femme Maitresse, The Jealous Woodcutter No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1764 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Upholsterer, Blind Mans Buff, The Jealous Woodcutter No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1765 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Upholsterer, Rural Love Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Feb 1765 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Upholsterer, Rural Love Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1765 Covent Garden Comus, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1765 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1765 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1765 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Upholsterer, Rural Love, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1765 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, Blind Mans Buff No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1765 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Upholsterer, Blind Mans Buff Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
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
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
18 Mar 1769 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Upholsterer, The Tartars No No Yes £245 7s 6d N/A N/A
03 Apr 1769 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Upholsterer, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £191 5s N/A N/A
07 Apr 1769 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Upholsterer, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £211 9s N/A N/A
15 Apr 1769 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Upholsterer, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £221 13s 6d N/A N/A
22 Apr 1769 Covent Garden The Clandestine Marriage, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe, The Lamplighters No No Yes £140 5s 6d N/A N/A
08 May 1769 Covent Garden Cymbeline, The Upholsterer, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £158 4s N/A N/A
18 May 1769 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Upholsterer, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £301 4s N/A N/A
06 Oct 1769 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Upholsterer Yes No No £82 2s N/A N/A
21 Oct 1769 Covent Garden Man And Wife, The Upholsterer, Pageant exhibiting the characters of Shakespeare, Concerto on hautboy, Representation of the Amphitheatre at Stratford upon Avon, with Masquerade, The Allemande No No No £135 8s N/A N/A
08 Dec 1769 Covent Garden The Brothers, The Upholsterer, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £128 9s 6d N/A N/A
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