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 %
09 Mar 1799 Drury Lane The Secret, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £271 5s 55% N/A
12 Apr 1799 Drury Lane The Secret, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £181 7s 48% N/A
18 May 1799 Drury Lane The Inconstant, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No Yes £122 2s 6d N/A N/A
17 Jun 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £513 9s 100% N/A
03 Jul 1799 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No Yes £58 10s 6d N/A N/A
01 Oct 1799 Drury Lane As You Like It, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £274 17s 100% N/A
08 Nov 1799 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £173 14s 6d 42% N/A
17 Dec 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, High Life below Stairs, Hornpipe, The Scotch Ghost, Mock Minuet No No No £189 13s 55% N/A
12 Jun 1800 Drury Lane The Child Of Nature, High Life below Stairs, Rosina, The Scotch Ghost No No Yes £76 1s 6d N/A N/A
17 Dec 1800 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, High Life Below Stairs No No No £181 7s 36% N/A
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