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 %
05 May 1778 Covent Garden The British Heroine, Midas No No Yes £188 15s 6d 65% N/A
27 Mar 1779 Covent Garden Jane Shore, Midas, The Burgomaster No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1779 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, True Blue, Midas No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1779 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, Midas No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1779 Covent Garden Cymbeline, Midas No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1779 Covent Garden The Wives Revenged, Alexander the Great, The Farmer's Return from London, Midas No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1779 Covent Garden All In The Wrong, The Farmer's Return from London, Midas No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Sep 1779 Covent Garden As You Like It, Midas, The Dockyard, Dance of Forresters No No No £142 19s 6d 100% N/A
04 Oct 1779 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, Midas, The Dockyard No No No £216 12s 100% N/A
13 Oct 1779 Covent Garden The Bondman, Midas, The Shepherds Wedding No No No £195 1s 6d 100% N/A
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