Comus (1772) (1772)

Composer
Thomas Augustine Arne
Author
George Colman, the elder
Author
John Milton
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Occasional
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
£41,166 5s 3d £19,679 7s 6d (47.8%) £21,486 17s 9d (52.2%)
1732 - 1809
£41,166 5s 3d - (100%) £19,679 7s 6d (47.8%) £21,486 17s 9d (52.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
234 119 115
1732 - 1809
234 119 115
Notes
Adapted from John Milton.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
30 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No No £198 18s 44% N/A
20 Dec 1780 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Comus No No No £103 7s 6d 50% N/A
19 Jan 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No No £166 5s 6d 39% N/A
22 Jan 1781 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Comus No No No £175 3s 6d 40% N/A
25 Jan 1781 Drury Lane Douglas, Comus No No No £92 2s 31% N/A
19 Feb 1781 Drury Lane The Royal Suppliants, Comus No No No £152 15s 47% N/A
10 Mar 1781 Drury Lane Dissipation, Comus, Smiling Love to thee Belong No No No £243 4s 6d 59% N/A
09 May 1781 Drury Lane The Wonder, Comus, The Irish Fair, Kate of Aberdeen, Bessy Bell Mary Gray No No Yes £170 17s 6d 43% N/A
27 Sep 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus, Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen No No No £232 16s 100% N/A
13 Oct 1781 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Comus, The Frenchman in the Dairy No No No £91 16s 31% N/A
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