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
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