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
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