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
£17,995 6d £17,583 1s 6d (97.7%) £411 19s (2.3%)
1732 - 1809
£17,995 6d - (100%) £17,583 1s 6d (97.7%) £411 19s (2.3%)
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 %
25 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Midnight Hour No No No £233 17s 6d 47% N/A
01 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, Duke and No Duke No No No £186 7s 6d 51% N/A
03 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, A Bold Stroke for a Wife No No No £143 12s 52% N/A
08 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Highland Reel No No No £231 1s 56% N/A
12 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Highland Reel No No No £201 16s 77% N/A
17 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Highland Reel No No No £115 10s 41% N/A
06 Jan 1789 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, Aladin, A Sparring Match No No No £170 11s 58% N/A
19 Jan 1789 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, Aladin No No No £240 6s 61% N/A
29 Jan 1789 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, Aladin, A Sparring Match No No No £242 5s 60% N/A
13 Feb 1789 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Miser No No No £119 6s 6d 37% N/A
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