Comus (1772) (1772)

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
£34,990 15s 9d £16,170 6s (46.2%) £18,820 9s 9d (53.8%)
1732 - 1809
£34,990 15s 9d - (100%) £16,170 6s (46.2%) £18,820 9s 9d (53.8%)
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