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 %
05 May 1767 Drury Lane The Tempest, High Life below Stairs, The Cries of London, The Tombs of Westminster No No Yes £80 16s N/A N/A
14 Oct 1767 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, High Life below Stairs, The Irish Haymakers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1767 Drury Lane King Lear, High Life below Stairs, The Irish Haymakers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Widowd Wife, High Life below Stairs, The Lilliputian Camp No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1768 Drury Lane False Delicacy, High Life below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Mar 1768 Drury Lane Zenobia, High Life below Stairs Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1768 Drury Lane False Delicacy, High Life below Stairs, The Wake No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1768 Drury Lane The Stratagem, High Life below Stairs, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1768 Drury Lane Cymon, High Life below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1768 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, High Life below Stairs, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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