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
£31,339 2s 3d £3,602 13s 6d (11.5%) £27,736 8s 9d (88.5%)
1732 - 1809
£31,339 2s 3d - (100%) £3,602 13s 6d (11.5%) £27,736 8s 9d (88.5%)
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 %
31 Oct 1759 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, High Life Below Stairs No No No £160 51% N/A
01 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Merope, High Life Below Stairs No No No £100 41% N/A
02 Nov 1759 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, High Life Below Stairs No No No £140 51% N/A
03 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Zara, High Life Below Stairs No No No £150 52% N/A
05 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Tamerlane, High Life Below Stairs No No No £170 53% N/A
06 Nov 1759 Drury Lane The Alchemist, High Life Below Stairs Yes No Yes £160 N/A N/A
07 Nov 1759 Drury Lane The Confederacy, High Life Below Stairs, Italian Gardiner No No No £140 52% N/A
08 Nov 1759 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, High Life Below Stairs, The Swiss No No No £160 52% N/A
09 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Woman Is A Riddle, High Life Below Stairs, The Swiss No No No £160 59% N/A
12 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Woman Is A Riddle, High Life Below Stairs, The Swiss No No No £180 51% N/A
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