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 Feb 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, High Life below Stairs No No No £252 15s 6d 62% N/A
27 Apr 1792 Drury Lane The Fugitive, High Life below Stairs No No Yes £408 5s N/A N/A
18 May 1792 Drury Lane The Fugitive, High Life below Stairs No No No £206 5s 65% N/A
02 Jun 1792 Drury Lane Dido Queen Of Carthage, High Life below Stairs No No No £193 4s 6d N/A N/A
09 Oct 1792 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, High Life Below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £274 5s 6d 100% N/A
25 Jun 1794 Drury Lane No Song No Supper, High Life Below Stairs, Lodoiska, Mock Minuet No No No £209 16s 6d 100% N/A
30 Jun 1794 Drury Lane No Song No Supper, High Life Below Stairs, Lodoiska, Mock Minuet No No No £195 9s 100% N/A
03 Jul 1794 Drury Lane Lodoiska, High Life Below Stairs, The Glorius First Of June, Mock Minuet No No No £224 5s 100% N/A
05 Jan 1795 Drury Lane The Cherokee, High Life below Stairs No No No £215 2s 48% N/A
23 Jan 1795 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £134 7s 50% N/A
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