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 %
31 Mar 1761 Drury Lane The Jealous Wife, High Life Below Stairs, New Pantomime Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1761 Drury Lane King Richard III, High Life below Stairs, The May Day Morning (Fingalian Dance) Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1761 Drury Lane Macbeth, High Life Below Stairs, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1761 Drury Lane The Tempest, High Life Below Stairs, Mimic Comic Opera Song Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 May 1761 Drury Lane King Richard III, High Life below Stairs No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Sep 1761 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, High Life below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1761 Drury Lane Macbeth, High Life below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Dec 1761 Drury Lane Cymbeline, High Life below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Feb 1762 Drury Lane The School For Lovers, High Life below Stairs, Hearts of Oak No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1762 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, High Life below Stairs, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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