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 %
05 Jun 1776 Drury Lane King Richard III, Bon Ton No Yes No £293 5s 100% N/A
09 Oct 1776 Drury Lane New Brooms, As You Like It, Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs, The Grand Garland Dance No Yes No £267 6s 59% N/A
31 Oct 1776 Drury Lane Love In A Village, Bon Ton, Country Dance, The Irish Fair No No No £111 6s 6d 42% N/A
11 Nov 1776 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Oaks, The Double Festival, The Triumph of Love, Bon Ton No No No £194 18s 53% N/A
15 Nov 1776 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, Bon Ton, The Savage Hunters No No No £98 12s 6d 39% N/A
30 Nov 1776 Drury Lane Hamlet, Bon Ton No No No £106 11s 45% N/A
03 Feb 1777 Drury Lane Hamlet, Bon Ton No No No £155 6d 40% N/A
10 Feb 1777 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Oaks, Bon Ton, The Double Festival, The Triumph of Love No No No £217 16s 47% N/A
18 Feb 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, Bon Ton, The Double Festival No No No £159 7s 38% N/A
05 Apr 1777 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Bon Ton, The Chaconne, The Savage Hunters No No Yes £183 1s 6d 50% N/A
18 Apr 1777 Drury Lane The Runaway, Bon Ton, The Irish Fair No No Yes £214 11s 39% N/A
23 Apr 1777 Drury Lane The Jealous Wife, Bon Ton, Louvre, Allemande, Minuet No No Yes £196 1s 6d 42% N/A
26 Apr 1777 Drury Lane Tamerlane, Bon Ton, The Chaconne, The Irish Fair, To Thee, Oh, Gentle Sleep No No Yes £217 6d 42% N/A
07 May 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, Bon Ton, The Triumph of Love No Yes No £219 15s 6d 72% N/A
31 Oct 1777 Drury Lane Cymbeline, Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs, Masquerade Scene with Dancing, Rural Grace No No No £104 3s 6d 38% N/A
05 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth, Bon Ton, Rural Grace No No No £161 7s 6d 41% N/A
17 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Bon Ton, The Minuet de la Cour No No No £171 1s 6d 57% N/A
27 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Second Part Of King Henry The Fourth, Bon Ton No No No £125 18s 37% N/A
20 Jan 1778 Drury Lane Cymon, Bon Ton No No No £210 6d 62% N/A
11 Feb 1778 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Bon Ton, The Provincalle No Yes No £255 17s 65% N/A
14 Feb 1778 Drury Lane Cymon, Bon Ton No No No £142 17s 6d 41% N/A
11 Apr 1778 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Bon Ton, The Savage Hunters No No Yes £206 1s 54% N/A
04 May 1778 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, Bon Ton, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £265 7s 45% N/A
15 May 1778 Drury Lane The Tempest, Bon Ton, The Minuet de la Cour, He's Aye Kissing Me No No Yes £209 7s 42% N/A
26 May 1778 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, Bon Ton, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £288 13s 100% N/A
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