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 %
26 Oct 1773 Covent Garden She Stoops To Conquer, Comus Yes No No £153 1s 6d 53% N/A
04 Nov 1773 Covent Garden Tamerlane, Comus Yes No No £160 9s 45% N/A
11 Nov 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Comus No No No £97 2s 6d 34% N/A
17 Nov 1773 Covent Garden Cymbeline, Comus, The Irish Lilt No No No £186 3s 42% N/A
12 May 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Comus, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms, The Wapping Landlady, Sixfold Hornpipe No No Yes £241 1s 83% N/A
19 Oct 1774 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Comus, The Vintage Festival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1774 Covent Garden The Jealous Wife, Comus, The Provencale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1774 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Comus, The Vintage Festival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Nov 1774 Covent Garden King Henry II, Comus, The Reel No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1774 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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