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 %
20 May 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Highland Reel, The Guardian Outwitted No No Yes £128 11s 64% N/A
29 May 1790 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Highland Reel No No Yes £349 15s 6d N/A N/A
12 Jun 1790 Covent Garden The Wives Revenged, The Female Adventure, The Highland Reel No No Yes £364 4s 100% N/A
05 Oct 1790 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, Cross Purposes, The Provocation No No No £134 8s 6d 46% N/A
09 Nov 1790 Covent Garden As You Like It, The Highland Reel, The Irish Lilt, Dance of Forresters No No No £223 10s 46% N/A
17 Nov 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Highland Reel No Yes No £374 13s 61% N/A
17 Feb 1791 Covent Garden The School For Arrogance, The Highland Reel No No Yes £190 12s 6d N/A N/A
16 Apr 1791 Covent Garden Wild Oats Or The Strolling Gentlemen, The Highland Reel, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £315 46% N/A
07 Nov 1791 Covent Garden Notoriety, The Highland Reel No No No £185 1s 49% N/A
20 Feb 1792 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, The Highland Reel No No No £228 15s 6d 44% N/A
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