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 %
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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