The Highland Reel (1788)

Author
John O'Keeffe
Composer
William Shield
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£14,854 6s 6d £14,639 6s 6d (98.6%) £215 (1.4%)
1732 - 1809
£14,854 6s 6d - (100%) £14,639 6s 6d (98.6%) £215 (1.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
75 74 1
1732 - 1809
75 74 1
Notes
First performed as a mainpiece in November 1788, reduced to an afterpiece December 1788.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
06 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Cheats of Scapin No No No £263 11s 6d 57% N/A
07 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, Three Weeks after Marriage No No No £259 12s 100% N/A
08 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Devil upon Two Sticks No No No £256 1s 6d 71% N/A
10 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Miser, New Scotch Overture No No No £287 8s 6d 62% N/A
11 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Miser No No No £233 3s 6d 53% N/A
13 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Miser No No No £206 4s 72% N/A
15 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Mayor of Garratt No No No £224 3s 6d 65% N/A
18 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Miser No No No £224 10s 6d 67% N/A
20 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, Barataria or Sancho Turnd Governor No No No £195 19s 6d 52% N/A
22 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, Catherine and Petruchio No No No £200 45% N/A
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