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 %
03 Apr 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Rival Knights, Comus No No Yes £292 1s 6d 46% N/A
27 Apr 1784 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Comus No No No £258 10s 6d 55% N/A
10 Jun 1784 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Comus, Sweet Echo No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Oct 1784 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, Comus No No No £188 8s 6d 100% N/A
11 Nov 1784 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, Comus No No No £77 12s 6d N/A N/A
07 Mar 1785 Covent Garden Matilda, Comus No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1785 Covent Garden The Duenna, Comus, The Belle of the Village, From Tyrant Laws and Customs Free, Live and Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1785 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Comus, Damon and Musidora, From Tyrant Laws and Customs Free, Live and Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1785 Covent Garden Hamlet, Comus, From Tyrant Laws and Customs Free, Live and Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1785 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, Comus No No Yes £199 10s 6d N/A N/A
06 May 1785 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Sons of Anacreon, Comus No No Yes £192 8s 6d N/A N/A
24 May 1785 Drury Lane Braganza, Comus No No Yes £306 4s N/A N/A
23 Sep 1785 Covent Garden Hamlet, Comus No No No £150 13s 6d 100% N/A
02 Nov 1785 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, Comus, Masquerade Dance, The Wapping Landlady No No No £151 5s 37% N/A
15 May 1786 Drury Lane Hamlet, Comus No No Yes £326 14s 6d N/A N/A
31 Mar 1787 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Comus, Sweet Echo No No Yes £310 12s 50% N/A
14 Apr 1787 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Comus, Sweet Echo No No Yes £241 8s 38% N/A
04 Oct 1787 Drury Lane Percy, Comus No No No £143 11s 6d 100% N/A
09 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, Comus No No No £193 1s 100% N/A
11 Oct 1787 Drury Lane Isabella Or The Fatal Marriage, Comus, Epithalamium No No No £262 19s 67% N/A
16 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Comus No No No £150 11s 6d 100% N/A
20 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The Heiress, Comus No No No £165 3s 3d 37% N/A
24 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The Wonder, Comus No No No £99 12s 25% N/A
31 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The Pilgrim, Comus, The Capricious Lovers No No No £130 7s 50% N/A
02 Nov 1787 Drury Lane The Pilgrim, Comus No No No £61 15s 6d 26% N/A
01 Dec 1787 Drury Lane The Heiress, Comus No No No £145 19s 39% N/A
04 Dec 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No No £137 14s 6d 40% N/A
06 Dec 1787 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Comus No No No £120 11s 6d 36% N/A
10 Dec 1787 Drury Lane King Richard III, Comus No No No £145 8s 6d 42% N/A
14 Dec 1787 Drury Lane A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Comus, The Capricious Lovers No No No £53 2s 6d 25% N/A
23 Jan 1788 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Comus No No No £171 17s 35% N/A
02 Feb 1788 Drury Lane The Fate Of Sparta, Comus No No No £176 6s 6d 48% N/A
05 Feb 1788 Covent Garden Love In A Village, Comus, Leap Year, Sweet Echo, Laughing Song No No Yes £288 9s 49% N/A
09 Feb 1788 Drury Lane The Fate Of Sparta, Comus No No No £166 15s 42% N/A
10 Mar 1788 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Comus, Sweet Echo No No Yes £312 12s 6d 57% N/A
02 Apr 1788 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No Yes £259 9s 37% N/A
24 Apr 1788 Covent Garden The Farmer, Comus, The Positive Man, Sweet Echo No No No £159 16s 6d 61% N/A
28 Apr 1788 Drury Lane The School For Wives, Comus No No Yes £173 34% N/A
12 May 1788 Drury Lane The Heiress, Comus, The Conjugal Frolick No No Yes £209 18s 6d 30% N/A
23 Oct 1788 Drury Lane The Heiress, Comus No No No £178 10s 6d 100% N/A
08 Nov 1788 Drury Lane The Double Gallant Or The Sick Lady's Cure, Comus No No No £103 15s 29% N/A
15 Dec 1788 Drury Lane Love For Love, Comus No No No £87 7s 6d 38% N/A
30 Dec 1788 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, Comus No No No £192 6d 42% N/A
07 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Comus, Jamie's Return No No No £86 6s 6d 26% N/A
13 Jan 1789 Drury Lane All In The Wrong, Comus No No No £145 10s 6d 53% N/A
11 Feb 1789 Drury Lane The Impostors, Comus No No Yes £107 18s 6d N/A N/A
26 Sep 1789 Drury Lane The Heiress, Comus No No No £189 15s 100% N/A
21 Oct 1789 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Comus No No No £73 7s 24% N/A
20 May 1790 Drury Lane The Inconstant, The Court of Apollo, Comus No No Yes £218 5s 36% N/A
08 Dec 1790 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, Comus, Sweet Echo No No No £122 5s 46% N/A
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