Bon Ton; or High Life Above Stairs (1775)

Author
David Garrick
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£30,280 2s 6d £1,217 6s (4%) £29,062 16s 6d (96%)
1732 - 1809
£30,280 2s 6d - (100%) £1,217 6s (4%) £29,062 16s 6d (96%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
138 5 133
1732 - 1809
138 5 133
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
17 Oct 1796 Drury Lane The Gamester, Bon Ton No No No £291 19s 61% N/A
20 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, Bon Ton, A Trip to the Nore No No No £190 19s 50% N/A
25 Sep 1798 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, Bon Ton No No No £327 8s 100% N/A
30 Mar 1799 Drury Lane The Stranger, Bon Ton, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £245 15s 56% N/A
04 May 1799 Drury Lane The Tempest Or The Enchanted Island, Bon Ton, Jerry Sneak in His Glory, Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite, As Burns the Charger, At The Peaceful Midnight Hour, The Town Crier No No Yes £390 8s 6d 45% N/A
20 Sep 1800 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, Bon Ton No No No £236 14s 6d 100% N/A
25 Feb 1802 Drury Lane Love in a Village, Bon Ton No No No £282 14s 6d 35% N/A
21 May 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Bon Ton No No Yes £524 15s 44% N/A
21 Feb 1805 Drury Lane Douglas, Bon Ton No No No £688 18s 6d 72% N/A
26 Feb 1805 Drury Lane Tancred and Sigismunda, Bon Ton No No No £619 6d 72% N/A
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