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 %
15 Nov 1785 Drury Lane Douglas, High Life below Stairs, The Market Day, Mock Minuet No No No £194 1s 56% N/A
26 Sep 1786 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £186 5s 6d 100% N/A
23 Oct 1786 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, High Life below Stairs No No No £175 8s 47% N/A
24 Nov 1786 Drury Lane Cleone, High Life below Stairs No No No £168 11s 50% N/A
07 Dec 1786 Drury Lane A School For Grey Beards, High Life below Stairs No No No £166 9s 6d 44% N/A
27 Apr 1787 Covent Garden Cymbeline, High Life below Stairs, Leap Year, Mock Minuet No No Yes £207 4s 6d 60% N/A
22 Sep 1787 Drury Lane The Country Girl, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £185 12s 100% N/A
23 Oct 1787 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, High Life below Stairs No No No £233 13s 6d 100% N/A
10 Nov 1787 Drury Lane The New Peerage Or Our Eyes May Deceive Us, High Life below Stairs No No No £209 4s 43% N/A
13 Dec 1787 Drury Lane Julia, High Life below Stairs No No Yes £164 9s N/A N/A
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