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
£31,456 1s 6d £22,890 10s (72.8%) £8,565 11s 6d (27.2%)
1732 - 1809
£31,456 1s 6d - (100%) £22,890 10s (72.8%) £8,565 11s 6d (27.2%)
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 %
21 Dec 1773 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, Midas No No Yes £163 6d N/A N/A
24 Jan 1774 Covent Garden King Henry II, Midas Yes No Yes £207 1s 6d N/A N/A
03 Feb 1774 Covent Garden The Man Of Business, Midas No No No £160 2s 6d 48% N/A
21 Feb 1774 Covent Garden The Man Of Business, Midas No No No £129 18s 6d 36% N/A
26 Feb 1774 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, Midas No No No £192 6s 6d 44% N/A
10 Mar 1774 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, Midas No No No £152 5s 6d 39% N/A
15 Mar 1774 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, Midas No No Yes £267 2s 70% N/A
24 Mar 1774 Covent Garden The Man Of Business, Midas Yes No No £174 9s 6d 44% N/A
05 May 1774 Covent Garden King Henry II, Midas Yes No No £106 18s 45% N/A
26 May 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Midas Yes No No £124 8s 84% N/A
13 Nov 1775 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, Midas No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1775 Covent Garden Edward And Eleonora, Midas, The Pilgrim No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1775 Covent Garden The Mans The Master, Midas No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1775 Covent Garden Cato, Midas Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1775 Covent Garden The Grecian Daughter, Midas No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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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