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 %
15 Mar 1785 Drury Lane Macbeth, Bon Ton No No Yes £287 17s 6d N/A N/A
07 Apr 1785 Drury Lane Jane Shore, Bon Ton No No Yes £296 5s 6d N/A N/A
25 Apr 1785 Drury Lane The Double Gallant Or The Sick Lady's Cure, The Toy Shop, Bon Ton, Stand to Your Guns, My Hearts of Oak, The History of John Gilpin, the Linen Draper No No Yes £218 2s 6d N/A N/A
10 May 1785 Drury Lane Macbeth, Bon Ton No No Yes £241 10s N/A N/A
06 Oct 1785 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Bon Ton; or, Hight Life above Stairs No No No £282 3s 6d 100% N/A
16 Mar 1786 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, Bon Ton No No No £163 19s 6d 49% N/A
01 May 1786 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, Bon Ton No No Yes £307 5s 33% N/A
09 May 1786 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Sons of Anacreon, Bon Ton No No Yes £283 6s 35% N/A
22 May 1786 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, Bon Ton, The Lucky Return, Hunting Song No No Yes £216 5s 6d 34% N/A
12 Oct 1786 Drury Lane Isabella Or The Fatal Marriage, Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs, Epithalamium No No No £231 5s 6d 48% N/A
Download Export