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 %
13 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, High Life Below Stairs, Shepherds Holiday No No No £170 60% N/A
14 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Woman Is A Riddle, High Life Below Stairs, The Swiss No No No £140 51% N/A
16 Nov 1759 Drury Lane The Stratagem, High Life Below Stairs, Shepherds Holiday No No No £140 58% N/A
17 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, High Life Below Stairs No No No £100 49% N/A
21 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Isabella, High Life Below Stairs No No No £120 56% N/A
27 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Hamlet, High Life Below Stairs No No No £100 40% N/A
04 Dec 1759 Drury Lane Oroonoko, High Life Below Stairs No No No £190 70% N/A
06 Dec 1759 Drury Lane Oroonoko, High Life Below Stairs No No No £160 75% N/A
08 Dec 1759 Drury Lane Oroonoko, High Life Below Stairs No No No £170 55% N/A
10 Dec 1759 Drury Lane Oroonoko, High Life Below Stairs Yes No No £160 44% N/A
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