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 %
18 Jun 1803 Covent Garden The Jealous Wife, The Highland Reel No No No £296 9s 100% N/A
19 Sep 1803 Covent Garden Romeo & Juliet, The Highland Reel No No No £286 10s 100% N/A
28 Sep 1804 Covent Garden Speed the Plough, The Highland Reel No No No £251 4s 100% N/A
11 Jun 1806 Covent Garden Folly as it Flies, The Highland Reel No No Yes £403 18s 100% N/A
12 May 1808 Drury Lane Which is the Man?, The Highland Reel, What Can a Young Lassie Do Wi' an Auld Man, The Friar of Orders Grey No No Yes £411 19s 100% N/A
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