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 %
12 Oct 1773 Drury Lane Alfred, High Life below Stairs No No No £144 17s 62% N/A
17 Dec 1773 Drury Lane Jane Shore, High Life below Stairs No No No £183 56% N/A
03 Jan 1774 Drury Lane The School For Wives, High Life below Stairs No No Yes £240 11s 6d N/A N/A
22 Feb 1774 Drury Lane Sethona, High Life below Stairs No No Yes £187 18s 6d N/A N/A
27 May 1774 Drury Lane The Gamester, High Life below Stairs No No Yes £256 12s 6d 100% N/A
05 Oct 1774 Drury Lane A Christmas Tale, High Life below Stairs No No No £92 19s N/A N/A
15 Nov 1774 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Oaks, High Life below Stairs No No No £172 1s N/A N/A
16 Feb 1775 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Oaks, High Life below Stairs No No No £194 6s 6d N/A N/A
23 May 1775 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, High Life below Stairs, The Pirates No No Yes £239 16s N/A N/A
18 Mar 1776 Drury Lane All For Love, High Life below Stairs, The Grand Garland Dance No No Yes £141 10s N/A N/A
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