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 %
26 Mar 1776 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Oaks, Bon Ton No No Yes £131 10s N/A N/A
17 Apr 1776 Drury Lane The School For Wives, Bon Ton, The Savage Hunters No No Yes £57 4s 6d N/A N/A
19 Apr 1776 Drury Lane Mahomet, Bon Ton, The Savage Hunters No No Yes £63 6d N/A N/A
22 Apr 1776 Drury Lane The Fair Quaker, Bon Ton No No Yes £78 9s 6d N/A N/A
06 May 1776 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Bon Ton, The Gardeners No No Yes £73 17s N/A N/A
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
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