The Highland Reel (1788)

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 %
04 Apr 1789 Covent Garden Marian, The Pharo Table, The Highland Reel, Sweet Bird No No Yes £345 13s 52% N/A
27 Apr 1789 Covent Garden The Prophet, The Death of Captain Cook, The Highland Reel No No No £216 4s 6d 48% N/A
02 May 1789 Covent Garden The Sultan, The Highland Reel, The Romp, The Piping Pedlar No No Yes £219 19s 49% N/A
08 May 1789 Covent Garden A School For Widows, The Highland Reel No No No £165 6s 6d 72% N/A
15 May 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist Or Stop Him Who Can, The Highland Reel, Imitations No No Yes £291 8s 6d 73% N/A
27 May 1789 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Midnight Hour, Poor Vulcan No No Yes £246 1s 6d 61% N/A
09 Jun 1789 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Highland Reel, The Piping Pedlar No No Yes £146 7s 75% N/A
28 Sep 1789 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, The Highland Reel No No No £254 4s 6d 100% N/A
06 Oct 1789 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Highland Reel, The Little Hunchback No No No £128 16s 6d 50% N/A
14 Oct 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Highland Reel No No No £237 13s 100% N/A