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
£35,001 16s 9d £4,431 12s 6d (12.7%) £30,570 4s 3d (87.3%)
1732 - 1809
£35,001 16s 9d - (100%) £4,431 12s 6d (12.7%) £30,570 4s 3d (87.3%)
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 %
16 Jan 1769 Drury Lane Zingis, High Life below Stairs No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, High Life below Stairs, New Comic Dance, Bucks Have At Ye All Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1769 Drury Lane Love In A Village, High Life below Stairs No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 May 1769 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, High Life below Stairs No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1769 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, High Life below Stairs, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Sep 1769 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, High Life below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1770 Drury Lane King Richard III, High Life below Stairs, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 May 1770 Drury Lane The Orphan, High Life below Stairs, Minuet, Bucks Have At Ye All, Allemande No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Nov 1770 Drury Lane Cymon, High Life below Stairs Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Dec 1770 Drury Lane King Arthur, High Life below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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