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 %
15 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Earl Of Warwick, High Life below Stairs No No No £173 13s N/A N/A
20 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Earl Of Warwick, High Life below Stairs No No No £175 15s 47% N/A
22 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Earl Of Warwick, High Life below Stairs, The Vintage Yes No Yes £171 18s N/A N/A
24 Jan 1767 Drury Lane Cymbeline, High Life below Stairs No No No £171 8s 51% N/A
03 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, High Life below Stairs, New Comic Dance, The Lilliputian Camp No No Yes £215 18s N/A N/A
23 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, High Life Below Stairs, The Jealous Peasant Yes No Yes £278 1s 40% N/A
26 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, High Life below Stairs, The Lilliputian Camp No No No £193 17s 55% N/A
31 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The False Friend, High Life below Stairs, The Vintage, The Modern Traveller No No Yes £184 9d 47% N/A
24 Apr 1767 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, High Life Below Stairs, Comic Dance No No Yes £206 3s 53% N/A
25 Apr 1767 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, High Life below Stairs, Hearts of Oak, Concerto on harpsichord No No Yes £151 6s 49% N/A
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