High Life Below Stairs (1759)

Author
James Townley
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£31,339 2s 3d £3,602 13s 6d (11.5%) £27,736 8s 9d (88.5%)
1732 - 1809
£31,339 2s 3d - (100%) £3,602 13s 6d (11.5%) £27,736 8s 9d (88.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
247 16 231
1732 - 1809
247 16 231
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
08 Feb 1779 Drury Lane The Law Of Lombardy, High Life below Stairs No No No £221 N/A N/A
22 Mar 1779 Drury Lane King Lear, High Life below Stairs No No Yes £259 9s N/A N/A
08 Dec 1779 Drury Lane The Times, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £102 13s 6d 39% N/A
25 May 1780 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No Yes £15 6s 6d N/A N/A
16 Sep 1780 Drury Lane The Election, Hamlet, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £161 12s 100% N/A
24 Oct 1780 Drury Lane Cymon, High Life below Stairs No No No £117 15s 47% N/A
16 Dec 1780 Drury Lane Love In A Village, High Life Below Stairs, The Butterfly No No No £79 19s 32% N/A
02 Oct 1783 Drury Lane Hamlet, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £232 4s 6d 63% N/A
16 Oct 1783 Drury Lane As You Like It, High Life below Stairs, The Pastoral Lovers, Cuckow song No No No £97 10s 39% N/A
02 Jan 1784 Drury Lane Douglas, High Life below Stairs No No No £195 3s 6d 60% N/A
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