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 %
14 Apr 1792 Covent Garden A Day In Turkey, The Highland Reel No No Yes £311 3s 35% N/A
05 Oct 1792 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Highland Reel No No No £281 5s 6d 100% N/A
03 Dec 1792 Covent Garden Columbus, The Highland Reel No No No £231 18s 6d 57% N/A
06 May 1793 Covent Garden How To Grow Rich, The Relief of Williamstadt, The Highland Reel No No No £275 10s 6d 56% N/A
10 Oct 1793 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Highland Reel, When in War on the Ocean No No No £193 16s 6d 100% N/A
12 Dec 1793 Covent Garden The Quaker, The Siege Of Berwick, The Highland Reel No No Yes £211 3s 6d N/A N/A
01 Apr 1794 Covent Garden Fontainville Forest, The Highland Reel No No No £295 9s 6d 100% N/A
24 May 1794 Covent Garden The Fall Of Martinico Or Britannia Triumphant, The Belle's Stratagem, The Highland Reel, Minuet, Old Towler, Sally in Our Alley No No Yes £249 8s 6d 20% N/A
04 Jun 1794 Covent Garden The World In A Village, A Loyal Effusion, The Highland Reel, Hornpipe, Come Ye Who From Your Souls Yes No Yes £238 14s 6d 10% N/A
11 Nov 1794 Covent Garden The Rage, The Highland Reel No No No £230 6s 6d 48% N/A
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