Midas (1764)

Author
Kane O'Hara
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Ballad Opera/Burletta/Opera
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
£27,351 7s £20,128 11s (73.6%) £7,222 16s (26.4%)
1732 - 1809
£27,351 7s - (100%) £20,128 11s (73.6%) £7,222 16s (26.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
225 194 31
1732 - 1809
225 194 31
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
06 May 1776 Covent Garden Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, Midas, The Humours of the Newmarket Races No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1776 Covent Garden As You Like It, Midas, Rural Merriment, Kate of Aberdeen No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1777 Covent Garden The Grecian Daughter, True Blue, Midas No No Yes £276 13s 6d 63% N/A
02 Apr 1777 Covent Garden Sir Thomas Overbury, Midas, The Frolick No No No £133 1s 38% N/A
08 Apr 1777 Covent Garden Sir Thomas Overbury, True Blue, Midas No No Yes £220 17s 6d 47% N/A
10 Apr 1777 Covent Garden Know Your Own Mind, Midas, The Frolick No No Yes £204 10s 63% N/A
12 Apr 1777 Covent Garden Know Your Own Mind, Midas, Hunting Dance No No No £145 13s N/A N/A
21 Apr 1777 Covent Garden Tancred And Sigismunda, Midas, The Frolick No No No £193 6s 6d 71% N/A
02 May 1777 Covent Garden The School For Wives, The Clock Case or Female Curiosity, Midas, The Humours of Leixlip No No Yes £187 1s 60% N/A
29 Jan 1778 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Midas, The Cricketters No No No £151 11s 45% N/A
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