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 %
30 Mar 1784 Drury Lane The Wonder, A Fete, High Life below Stairs, Poor Thomas Day, Scotch Reel, Time has not thinned my flowing Hair, Tally-ho!, The Sportmen's Return No No Yes £268 19s 6d 47% N/A
05 May 1784 Drury Lane The Jealous Wife, A Pasticcio, High Life below Stairs, The Merry Roundelay, Auld Robin Grey, They say there is an Echo here, The Jovial Sailors No No Yes £139 14s 6d N/A N/A
18 May 1784 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, High Life below Stairs, The Minuet de la Cour, Gramachree Molly, Shepherds, I have lost my love, New Comic Ballet No No Yes £160 6s 6d 31% N/A
14 Oct 1784 Drury Lane Love In A Village, High Life below Stairs, Country Dance, Mock Minuet No No No £196 9s 100% N/A
24 Nov 1784 Drury Lane Zara, High Life below Stairs No No No £226 6s 6d N/A N/A
29 Nov 1784 Drury Lane Isabella, High Life below Stairs No No No £220 6s N/A N/A
15 Jan 1785 Drury Lane Love In A Village, High Life below Stairs, The Sportsmen's Return No No No £124 18s 6d N/A N/A
12 Apr 1785 Drury Lane The Gamester, High Life Below Stairs No No Yes £262 7s 6d N/A N/A
13 May 1785 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, High Life below Stairs, The Sportsmen's Return, Bright Phoebus has Mounted the Chariot of Day No No Yes £251 7s 6d N/A N/A
29 Sep 1785 Drury Lane The Earl Of Warwick, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £245 1s 6d 100% N/A
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