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 %
21 Mar 1795 Covent Garden Lifes Vagaries, The Highland Reel No No No £244 5s 41% N/A
22 Oct 1795 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Highland Reel No No No £188 10s 6d 46% N/A
19 Sep 1796 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Highland Reel, Solemn Dirge No No No £230 14s 100% N/A
01 Nov 1797 Covent Garden King Henry The Fourth First Part, The Highland Reel, Englands Glory No No No £162 16s 6d 48% N/A
30 May 1798 Covent Garden Disinterested Love, Starboard Watch, The Highland Reel No No Yes £261 2s 6d 21% N/A
01 Nov 1798 Covent Garden Lovers' Vows, The Highland Reel No No No £281 9s 6d 57% N/A
22 May 1799 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Highland Reel, Lowland Festivity No No Yes £438 18s N/A N/A
20 Sep 1799 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Highland Reel No No No £274 12s 6d 100% N/A
17 Oct 1800 Covent Garden Wild Oats, The Highland Reel No No No £285 9s 6d 100% N/A
01 Oct 1802 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Highland Reel No No No £310 7s 6d 100% N/A
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