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 %
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
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