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 %
02 Jan 1779 Drury Lane Love For Love, Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs No No No £139 15s 6d N/A N/A
19 Apr 1780 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs No No Yes £175 18s 36% N/A
20 Oct 1780 Drury Lane As You Like It, Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs, The Force of Love No No No £90 12s 34% N/A
26 Oct 1780 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Bon Ton, The Force of Love No No No £157 16s 6d 51% N/A
02 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The Rivals, Bon Ton, The Irish Fair No No No £127 4s 34% N/A
16 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Bon Ton No No No £179 7s 6d 40% N/A
20 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The Miser, Bon Ton, The Force of Love No Yes No £262 7s 6d 59% N/A
18 Jan 1781 Drury Lane The Lord Of The Manor, Bon Ton No No No £107 12s 6d 35% N/A
26 Mar 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Bon Ton, The Countryman Deceiv'd No No Yes £269 4s 6d 60% N/A
25 Apr 1781 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, A Fete, Bon Ton No No Yes £241 7s 6d 53% N/A
30 Apr 1781 Drury Lane The Lord Of The Manor, Bon Ton, The Dutch Quaker No No Yes £132 6d 34% N/A
06 Oct 1781 Drury Lane The Lord Of The Manor, Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs, The Frenchman in the Dairy No No No £197 9s 6d 100% N/A
15 Dec 1781 Drury Lane The Carnival Of Venice, Bon Ton No No Yes £191 19s 6d N/A N/A
08 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Lord Of The Manor, Linco's Travels, Bon Ton, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £111 11s N/A N/A
01 Oct 1782 Drury Lane Othello, Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs No No No £152 6d 100% N/A
17 Oct 1782 Drury Lane As You Like It, Bon Ton, Devonshire Minuet No No No £85 17s 31% N/A
14 Nov 1782 Drury Lane Isabella, Bon Ton No No No £249 2s 6d 59% N/A
27 Nov 1782 Drury Lane Grecian Daughter, Bon Ton No No No £246 4s 45% N/A
14 Dec 1782 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, Bon Ton, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £335 5s 44% N/A
18 Feb 1783 Drury Lane Cymbeline, Bon Ton, Minuet de la Cour No No No £174 11s 6d 60% N/A
01 Mar 1783 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, Bon Ton, Highland Reel, The Devonshire Minuet No No No £113 5s 6d 32% N/A
03 Apr 1783 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Bon Ton, Highland Reel No No Yes £278 3s 31% N/A
24 Apr 1783 Drury Lane The Revenge, Bon Ton No No Yes £258 6s 26% N/A
29 Apr 1783 Drury Lane The City Madam, Bon Ton, The Irish Fair No No Yes £143 18s 6d N/A N/A
26 Oct 1784 Drury Lane As You Like It, Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs, The Sportsmen's Return No No No £129 10s N/A N/A
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