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 %
07 Apr 1772 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, High Life below Stairs, The Sailors' Revels, A Comic Paraphrase of Shakespeare's Seven Ages, Lincos Travels Yes No Yes £187 12s 6d 31% N/A
21 May 1772 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, High Life below Stairs, The Sailors' Revels No No No £238 8s 6d 80% N/A
24 Sep 1772 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, High Life below Stairs, Comic Dance No No No £173 17s 100% N/A
20 Oct 1772 Drury Lane Cymon, High Life below Stairs No No No £125 2s 41% N/A
10 Dec 1772 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, High Life below Stairs No No No £167 19s 50% N/A
22 Dec 1772 Drury Lane The Orphan, High Life below Stairs No No Yes £233 19s 51% N/A
23 Feb 1773 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, High Life below Stairs No No No £236 19s 6d 53% N/A
13 Mar 1773 Drury Lane Alonzo, High Life below Stairs No No Yes £141 10s N/A N/A
12 Apr 1773 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, High Life below Stairs, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £158 3s N/A N/A
18 Sep 1773 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, High Life below Stairs, The Irish Fair No No No £158 100% N/A
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