Midas (1764)

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 %
27 Oct 1767 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Midas, New Comic Dance, The Merry Sailors No No No £136 10s N/A N/A
31 Oct 1767 Covent Garden The Jealous Wife, Midas, The Merry Sailors, The Female Archer No No No £168 15s N/A N/A
05 Nov 1767 Covent Garden Tamerlane, Midas No No No £184 4s N/A N/A
24 Nov 1767 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, Midas, New Tambourine No No No £149 5s 6d N/A N/A
27 Nov 1767 Covent Garden The Wonder, Midas, The Female Archer, The Merry Sailors No No No £163 4s N/A N/A
05 Dec 1767 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, Midas, The Dutch Milkmaid No No No £205 1s N/A N/A
09 Dec 1767 Covent Garden Philaster, Midas, The Merry Sailors, The Sicilian Peasants No No Yes £185 14s N/A N/A
11 Dec 1767 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Midas, The Female Archer, The Merry Sailors No No No £136 6s 6d N/A N/A
02 Jan 1768 Covent Garden Philaster, Midas, New Comic Dance, The Merry Sailors Yes No No £122 12s 6d N/A N/A
19 Jan 1768 Covent Garden The Wonder, Midas, New Comic Dance Yes No No £168 7s N/A N/A