The Siege of Damascus (1720)

Author
John Hughes
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£3,642 18s 6d £2,600 11s (71.4%) £1,042 7s 6d (28.6%)
1732 - 1809
£3,642 18s 6d - (100%) £2,600 11s (71.4%) £1,042 7s 6d (28.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
90 64 26
1732 - 1809
90 64 26
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
14 Jan 1743 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1743 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1743 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Mar 1743 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Royal Chace, Le Rendezvous Gallant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Mar 1743 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Royal Chace, Le Rendezvous Gallant, Minuet, The Piping Pedlar No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1743 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Perseus and Andromeda, Tambourine, Characters of Dancing, La Provencale No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1743 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Perseus and Andromeda, Characters of Dancing, L'Aimable Vainquers, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1743 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Royal Chace, Dutch Skipper, Le Rendezvous Gallant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Feb 1744 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Feb 1744 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1744 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Schoolboy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1744 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1745 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Schoolboy, Gondalier, Scotch Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1747 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Miss in Her Teens No No Yes £194 4s N/A N/A
10 Feb 1747 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £133 16s 6d 57% N/A
23 Feb 1749 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Feb 1750 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Perseus and Andromeda, Grand Scotch Ballet No No No £94 19s 6d 43% N/A
05 Dec 1751 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1751 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1751 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Dec 1751 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Pyramus and Thisbe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1751 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1751 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1751 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1752 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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