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 %
30 Nov 1776 Covent Garden She Stoops To Conquer, High Life below Stairs, Pastoral Dance No No No £131 7s 55% N/A
07 Dec 1776 Covent Garden The Duenna, High Life below Stairs, Pastoral Dance No No No £271 19s 56% N/A
10 Dec 1776 Covent Garden Caractacus, High Life below Stairs No No No £131 18s 6d 44% N/A
20 Dec 1776 Covent Garden All In The Wrong, High Life below Stairs, Mirth and Jollity No No Yes £193 10s N/A N/A
01 Feb 1777 Covent Garden Sir Thomas Overbury, High Life below Stairs, Mirth and Jollity No No No £212 4s 6d 62% N/A
14 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Tempest, High Life below Stairs, Rural Grace, Mock Minuet No No No £116 13s 6d 53% N/A
20 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth, High Life below Stairs, Rural Grace No No No £159 3s 59% N/A
03 Dec 1777 Drury Lane As You Like It, High Life below Stairs, Rural Grace No No No £92 7s 36% N/A
07 Jan 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £230 17s 6d N/A N/A
14 Jan 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, High Life below Stairs, The Coopers No No No £246 3s N/A N/A
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