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 %
27 Oct 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Highland Reel No No No £177 1s 6d 49% N/A
09 Nov 1789 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Highland Reel, Dirge No No No £225 3s 6d 58% N/A
18 Nov 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Highland Reel No Yes No £452 14s 6d 65% N/A
14 Dec 1789 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Highland Reel No No No £168 14s 56% N/A
12 Jan 1790 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Midnight Hour, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £217 6d 50% N/A
26 Jan 1790 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Miser, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £173 6s 44% N/A
06 Feb 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Highland Reel, The Deserter No No No £273 16s 59% N/A
16 Feb 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Highland Reel, The Deserter No No No £220 17s 6d 52% N/A
05 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The Death Of Captain Cook, The Highland Reel, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £145 19s 48% N/A
24 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Follies of a Day, Barataria or Sancho Turnd Governor No No No £111 14s 37% N/A
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