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 %
20 May 1779 Covent Garden Illumination, The Albion Queens or The Death of Mary Queen of Scots, The Farmer's Return from London, Comus No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Sep 1779 Drury Lane Hamlet, Comus No No No £174 6s 6d 100% N/A
23 Sep 1779 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, Comus No No No £140 2s 6d 100% N/A
22 Oct 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No No £133 42% N/A
20 Dec 1779 Drury Lane The First Part Of King Henry IV, Comus, The Sportsman Deceived No No No £106 16s 41% N/A
17 Feb 1780 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Comus, Country Dance No No No £223 15s 6d 52% N/A
21 Feb 1780 Covent Garden King Lear, Comus No No No £230 13s 58% N/A
11 Mar 1780 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, Comus No No No £252 5s 6d 71% N/A
16 Mar 1780 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, Comus No No No £266 1s 6d 64% N/A
29 Mar 1780 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, Comus, The Original Crutch Dance, Ellen A Roon, Push About the Jorum No No Yes £290 4s 6d 67% N/A
15 Apr 1780 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, Comus, The Noon Tide Air No No No £166 7s 68% N/A
25 May 1780 Covent Garden Love In A Village, Comus, The Shepherd's Wedding No No No £111 14s N/A N/A
01 Jun 1780 Covent Garden Jane Shore, Comus, Concerto on violin No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1780 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, Comus, Sweet Echo No No No £127 19s 6d 50% N/A
21 Oct 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No No £192 9s 6d 57% N/A
28 Oct 1780 Drury Lane The Discovery, Comus, The Force of Love No No No £208 2s 6d 100% N/A
07 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No No £179 1s 6d 65% N/A
13 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, Comus, Sweet Echo No Yes No £287 2s 63% N/A
14 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Earl Of Warwick, Comus, Sweet Echo No No No £97 15s 32% N/A
23 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The Generous Impostor, Comus, Pastoral Interlude of Singing and Dancing No No No £101 19s 31% N/A
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
23 Oct 1781 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, Comus No No No £87 14s 6d 37% N/A
07 Dec 1781 Drury Lane The Fair Circassian, Comus No No Yes £129 14s 6d N/A N/A
24 Jan 1782 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, Comus No No No £130 13s 6d 35% N/A
23 Feb 1782 Covent Garden Which is the Man?, The Dramatic Puffers, Comus, Palemon and Lavinia No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Feb 1782 Drury Lane Variety, Comus No No Yes £215 13s N/A N/A
16 Mar 1782 Drury Lane Braganza, A Monody on the Death of Garrick, Comus No No Yes £187 10s 6d N/A N/A
26 Apr 1782 Covent Garden Jane Shore, Comus, The Huntsman's Street Halloo No No Yes £220 13s 40% N/A
13 May 1782 Covent Garden The Count Of Narbonne, Comus No No Yes £300 8s 38% N/A
22 May 1782 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, Comus, The Belle of the Village No No Yes £294 18s 31% N/A
24 May 1782 Covent Garden The Wife's Relief, Comus No No Yes £181 16s 6d N/A N/A
07 Apr 1783 Drury Lane The Double Gallant, Comus, Highland Reel, A Soldier for Me, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £247 12s 6d 27% N/A
16 May 1783 Covent Garden A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Comus, Tally Ho!, The Huntsman's Street Hallo No No Yes £202 6d 68% N/A
20 May 1783 Covent Garden The Jealous Wife, Comus, The Poney Races No No Yes £170 17s 6d 68% N/A
07 Oct 1783 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Comus No No No £198 100% N/A
15 Nov 1783 Drury Lane Hamlet, Comus No No No £149 11s 6d 34% N/A
27 Nov 1783 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Comus No No No £91 13s 6d 26% N/A
16 Dec 1783 Drury Lane King John, Comus No No No £161 10s 6d 56% N/A
02 Feb 1784 Drury Lane Isabella, Comus No No No £299 16s 6d 50% N/A
28 Feb 1784 Drury Lane Douglas, Comus No No No £253 19s 6d 52% N/A
23 Mar 1784 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Rival Knights, Comus, Sweet Echo No No Yes £292 2s 6d 61% N/A
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