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 %
30 May 1787 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Midas No No Yes £265 5s 6d 51% N/A
24 Sep 1787 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Midas, Solemn Dirge No No No £220 8s 6d 100% N/A
15 May 1788 Covent Garden The Foundling, Midas, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £317 16s 6d 15% N/A
27 May 1788 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, Midas No No Yes £266 6s 6d 41% N/A
17 Sep 1788 Covent Garden The West Indian, Midas No No No £193 10s 6d 100% N/A
16 Feb 1789 Covent Garden The Toy, Midas, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £224 16s 6d 56% N/A
28 Apr 1789 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, Midas, Fortune's Favor, or The Lovers Lottery No No Yes £228 4s 6d 51% N/A
11 May 1789 Covent Garden A School For Widows, Midas No No Yes £140 4s 6d N/A N/A
23 Oct 1789 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, Midas No No No £197 1s 100% N/A
06 May 1791 Covent Garden The Widow Of Malabar, Midas, The Dreamer Awake or The Pugilist Matched, Say Bonny Lass, Highland Lad, Highland Lassie, The Musical Courtship No No Yes £318 4s 61% N/A
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