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 %
19 Dec 1764 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, High Life below Stairs, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Feb 1765 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, High Life Below Stairs, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1765 Drury Lane Mariamne, High Life below Stairs, The Irish Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1765 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, High Life below Stairs, The Medley Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1765 Drury Lane King Richard III, High Life below Stairs, The Medley Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1765 Drury Lane The Orphan, High Life below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1765 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, High Life below Stairs, The Irish Lilt No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1765 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, High Life below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1766 Drury Lane Jane Shore, High Life Below Stairs, The Irish Lilt Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1766 Drury Lane Cymbeline, High Life below Stairs, The Cries of London, The Irish Lilt, The Tombs of Westminster No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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