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 %
27 May 1791 Covent Garden Rosina, Lovers' Quarrels, Comus, The Musical Courtship, Nor on Beds of Fading Flowers, O Thou Wert Born to Please Me, Say Bonny Lass, Sweet Echo No No Yes £171 1s 30% N/A
23 Sep 1791 Covent Garden The Widow Of Malabar, The Little Hunchback, Comus, Sweet Echo No No No £156 5s 100% N/A
29 Oct 1791 Drury Lane The Rivals, Comus No No No £298 9s 67% N/A
31 Oct 1791 Drury Lane King Henry The Fifth, Comus No No No £223 5s 6d 59% N/A
28 Nov 1791 Drury Lane Poor Old Drury, King Henry the Fifth, Comus No No No £156 9s 45% N/A
12 Mar 1792 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, Comus No No No £242 14s 43% N/A
17 Apr 1792 Drury Lane King Henry The VIII, Comus No No No £221 15s 47% N/A
18 May 1792 Covent Garden The Comedy Of Errors, Three Weeks after Marriage, Comus, Divertisement, The Ups and Downs of Life, Give Me Wine, Rosy Wine, Nor on Beds of Fading Flowers No No Yes £308 14s 6d 35% N/A
27 Sep 1792 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, Comus No No No £225 8s 6d 100% N/A
11 Apr 1793 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, True Blue, Comus, Hornpipe, Sweet Echo, Nor on Beds of Fading Flowers No No Yes £273 3s 42% N/A
29 Oct 1793 Covent Garden Notoriety, Comus, Dermot and Kathlane, Sweet Echo No No No £171 14s 6d 100% N/A
27 Mar 1794 Covent Garden Fontainville Forest, Comus, Sweet Echo No No No £311 14s 6d 100% N/A
27 May 1795 Drury Lane The Child Of Nature, The Sons of Anacreon, The Spoiled Child, Comus No No Yes £457 13s 67% N/A
10 Jun 1795 Covent Garden Macbeth, Comus, The Wapping Landlady, Sweet Echo No No Yes £484 14s 6d 100% N/A
27 Nov 1795 Covent Garden Lifes Vagaries, Comus No No No £99 5s 31% N/A
25 May 1796 Covent Garden Comus, Artaxerxes, The Doldrum, Sweet Echo, High Rolling Seas That Bear Afar, Mad Bess No No Yes £339 10s 39% N/A
10 Jan 1797 Covent Garden A Cure For The Heart Ache, Comus No No No £237 15s 56% N/A
24 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The Rivals, Comus No No No £235 4s 47% N/A
30 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The Rivals, Comus No No No £193 2s 43% N/A
04 Dec 1797 Drury Lane Isabella, Comus, Epithalamium No No No £199 19s 6d 46% N/A
08 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Countess Of Salisbury, Comus No No No £122 1s 45% N/A
18 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, Comus No No No £396 5s 73% N/A
25 Apr 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, Comus No No No £231 19s 68% N/A
18 Jun 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, Comus No No No £164 19s 100% N/A
07 Jun 1799 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Brilliants, Comus, Naiads, Maria, Or the Beggar Girl, The Negro Boy No No Yes £287 7s 10% N/A
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