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 %
29 Oct 1793 Covent Garden Notoriety, Comus, Dermot and Kathlane, Sweet Echo No No No £171 14s 6d 100% N/A
27 Mar 1794 Covent Garden Fontainville Forest, Comus, Sweet Echo No No No £311 14s 6d 100% N/A
27 May 1795 Drury Lane The Child Of Nature, The Sons of Anacreon, The Spoiled Child, Comus No No Yes £457 13s 67% N/A
10 Jun 1795 Covent Garden Macbeth, Comus, The Wapping Landlady, Sweet Echo No No Yes £484 14s 6d 100% N/A
27 Nov 1795 Covent Garden Lifes Vagaries, Comus No No No £99 5s 31% N/A
25 May 1796 Covent Garden Comus, Artaxerxes, The Doldrum, Sweet Echo, High Rolling Seas That Bear Afar, Mad Bess No No Yes £339 10s 39% N/A
10 Jan 1797 Covent Garden A Cure For The Heart Ache, Comus No No No £237 15s 56% N/A
24 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The Rivals, Comus No No No £235 4s 47% N/A
30 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The Rivals, Comus No No No £193 2s 43% N/A
04 Dec 1797 Drury Lane Isabella, Comus, Epithalamium No No No £199 19s 6d 46% N/A
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