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 %
22 Jan 1777 Covent Garden She Stoops To Conquer, Comus, Mirth and Jollity, The Villagers, Sweet Echo, Nor on Beds of fading Flowers No Yes No £280 2s 6d 58% N/A
03 Feb 1777 Covent Garden Sir Thomas Overbury, Comus, Sweet Echo No No No £230 1s 6d 60% N/A
06 Feb 1777 Covent Garden Sir Thomas Overbury, Comus, Nor on Beds of Fading Flowers, Sweet Echo, Pastoral Dance No No No £233 17s 56% N/A
20 Feb 1777 Covent Garden Sir Thomas Overbury, Comus, Nor on Beds of Fading Flowers, Sweet Echo No No No £226 7s 6d 58% N/A
25 Feb 1777 Covent Garden Know Your Own Mind, Comus, Hunting Dance, Sweet Echo No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1777 Covent Garden Know Your Own Mind, Comus, The Shepherd's Wedding, Nor on Beds of Fading Flowers, Sweet Echo No No No £255 15s 64% N/A
08 Mar 1777 Covent Garden Know Your Own Mind, Comus, Sweet Echo, Hunting Dance No No No £263 15s 6d 51% N/A
15 Mar 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Comus, Country Dance, Sweet Echo No No No £269 15s 6d 66% N/A
30 Oct 1777 Covent Garden Know Your Own Mind, Comus, Sweet Echo No No No £120 13s 49% N/A
01 Nov 1777 Covent Garden Othello, Comus No No No £160 3s 39% N/A
07 Nov 1777 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, Comus No No No £132 11s 6d 59% N/A
10 Nov 1777 Covent Garden King Lear, Comus No No No £167 2s 6d 49% N/A
12 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Percy, Comus No No Yes £204 18s 6d 45% N/A
13 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Percy, Comus No No No £202 10s 64% N/A
15 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The Second Part Of King Henry The Fourth, Comus No No No £190 15s 6d 55% N/A
16 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Percy, Comus No No No £204 17s 68% N/A
16 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, Comus No No No £96 12s 6d 32% N/A
17 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Percy, Comus No No Yes £185 13s 40% N/A
17 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No No £268 9s 60% N/A
18 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Percy, Comus No No No £146 9s 40% N/A
19 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The Roman Sacrifice, Comus No No No £141 11s 6d 53% N/A
22 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The Roman Sacrifice, Comus No No No £91 7s 33% N/A
23 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No No £241 16s 6d 74% N/A
23 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Know Your Own Mind, Comus No No Yes £88 3s 26% N/A
29 Dec 1777 Drury Lane Hamlet, Comus No No No £175 4s 6d 49% N/A
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