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 %
31 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Comus No No No £124 2s 32% N/A
07 Jan 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No Yes No £291 17s 52% N/A
23 Jan 1778 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Comus No No No £199 14s N/A N/A
26 Jan 1778 Drury Lane The Battle Of Hastings, Comus No No No £229 1s 6d 53% N/A
31 Jan 1778 Drury Lane The Battle Of Hastings, Comus No No No £213 14s 6d 60% N/A
05 Feb 1778 Drury Lane The Battle Of Hastings, Comus No No No £137 10s 6d 41% N/A
17 Feb 1778 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Comus, The Provincalle No No No £90 6d 43% N/A
24 Feb 1778 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Comus, The Provincalle No No No £231 15s 6d 58% N/A
09 Mar 1778 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Comus, Rural Grace No No No £209 13s 43% N/A
01 May 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Comus, Hornpipe, The Poney Races No No Yes £266 3s 6d 61% N/A
19 May 1778 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Comus, The Poney Races No No Yes £259 5s 58% N/A
23 May 1778 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, True Blue, Comus No No Yes £149 1s 6d 69% N/A
17 Sep 1778 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Comus, Sweet Echo No No No £226 8s 6d 100% N/A
22 Sep 1778 Drury Lane The First Part Of King Henry Iv, Comus, Minuet de la Cour, Sweet Echo, Allemande No No No £170 3s 100% N/A
24 Sep 1778 Drury Lane Macbeth, Comus No No No £153 11s 6d 100% N/A
26 Sep 1778 Drury Lane As You Like It, Comus, The Cowkeeper No No No £148 2s 6d 100% N/A
05 Dec 1778 Drury Lane The Fathers, Comus, Sweet Echo No No No £115 8s N/A N/A
15 Dec 1778 Drury Lane Hamlet, Comus, Sweet Echo No No No £149 3s N/A N/A
22 Mar 1779 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, Comus No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Comus, Hornpipe, Sweet Echo No No Yes £203 7s N/A N/A
13 Apr 1779 Covent Garden The Grecian Daughter, Comus, The Burgomaster No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Rivals, Comus, Tally Ho!, Sweet Echo No No Yes £273 11s 6d N/A N/A
01 May 1779 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Comus, Tally Ho!, Sweet Echo No No Yes £214 13s N/A N/A
05 May 1779 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Comus, Grand Dance No No Yes £175 5s 6d N/A N/A
08 May 1779 Drury Lane The Tempest, Comus No No Yes £138 5s N/A N/A
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