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 %
25 Jan 1752 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Hob in the Well, Grand Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1752 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Hob in the Well, Grand Comic Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1752 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Contrivances, Rise Glory Rise, Grand Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1752 Covent Garden Siege Of Damascus, Royal Chace, Two Pierrots, Le je ne scay quois, Louvre, Minuet, Pigmalion, Shepherds Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1752 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Dec 1752 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Contrivances, Les Charboniers, Les Sabotiers Tyrolese No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1752 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Harlequin Dr Faustus, Les Chasseurs Alemandes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Dec 1752 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Apollo and Daphne, Il Pastore, Il Morlaco No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1753 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Devil to Pay, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1753 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Nov 1753 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1754 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Harlequin Sorcerer No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1754 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Lying Valet, Italian Peasants, Les Charboniers, Louvre, Minuet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1756 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Taste, Fingalian Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Mar 1758 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Anniversary: Being a Sequel to Lethe, Sicilian Peasants, Fingalian Dance Yes No Yes £209 4s N/A N/A
04 May 1758 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The School Boy, Tambourine, Dutch Dance, The Roast Beef of Old England Yes No Yes £168 N/A N/A
27 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Catherine and Petruchio, The Threshers No No No £46 15s 6d 25% N/A
18 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, The Lottery No No No £123 4s 65% N/A
21 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, Lethe No No No £187 11s 6d 79% N/A
25 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, Queen Mab No No No £131 17s 67% N/A
28 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, The Diversions of the Morning No No No £123 13s 6d 72% N/A
05 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, Mercury Harlequin No No No £81 18s N/A N/A
13 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £120 18s 39% N/A
13 Feb 1759 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Lying Valet, The Threshers No No No £50 19s 6d 29% N/A
12 May 1759 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Cheats of Scapin, Nymphs and Shepherds, The Milkmaid's Holiday Yes No Yes £20 11s 6d N/A N/A
07 Feb 1760 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Fair No No No £146 6s N/A N/A
31 Dec 1760 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Love a la Mode No No No £147 16s 6d N/A N/A
15 May 1765 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Citizen, Hornpipe, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1766 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, The Old Maid No No No £111 14s 57% N/A
11 Nov 1766 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, Queen Mab, The Jealous Peasant No No No £153 17s 55% N/A
18 Nov 1766 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, Neck or Nothing No No No £128 12s 6d 40% N/A
27 Jan 1770 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1770 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1770 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Feb 1770 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Mar 1772 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Citizen, The Whim No No Yes £271 18s 47% N/A
27 Apr 1772 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Mother Shipton, The Wapping Landlady, Sixfold Hornpipe No No Yes £182 17s 6d 47% N/A
17 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Harlequin Every where No No No £201 57% N/A
24 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Harlequin Every where No No No £160 5s 40% N/A
28 Feb 1785 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Magic Cavern No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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