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 %
11 Jan 1771 Drury Lane King Arthur, High Life below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1771 Drury Lane Almida, High Life below Stairs No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1771 Drury Lane The Constant Couple Or A Trip To The Jubilee, High Life below Stairs No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1771 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, High Life below Stairs, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, High Life below Stairs, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1771 Drury Lane The London Merchant, High Life below Stairs, The Shepherds Frolic, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1771 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, High Life below Stairs, Comic Dance No No No £188 15s 6d 100% N/A
18 Nov 1771 Drury Lane Zara, High Life below Stairs, The Amusements of Strasburgh Yes No No £248 6s 6d 52% N/A
21 Jan 1772 Drury Lane The Fashionable Lover, High Life below Stairs No No No £215 4s 6d 63% N/A
31 Jan 1772 Drury Lane The Fashionable Lover, High Life below Stairs, The Sailors' Revels Yes No No £237 54% N/A
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