Damon and Phillida (1729)

Author
Colley Cibber
Author
Henry Carey
Composer
Charles Dibdin (1768)
Composer
Henry Carey
Work Type
Afterpiece
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
£5,209 15s £2,036 15s (39.1%) £3,173 (60.9%)
1732 - 1809
£5,209 15s - (100%) £2,036 15s (39.1%) £3,173 (60.9%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
140 94 46
1732 - 1809
140 94 46
Notes
Adapted into a comic opera by Dibdin in 1768.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
06 Nov 1732 Drury Lane Love For Love, Damon and Phillida, Flute Chacone, Les Bergeries, Minuet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1732 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, Damon and Phillida, Les Bergeries Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1733 Drury Lane The Tender Husband, Damon And Phillida, Drunken Peasant, Les Bergeries, The Watteau No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1734 Covent Garden The Country Wife, Damon and Phillida, Shepherd, The Black and White Joke, Les Amants Consentants in the Character of a Highlander and his Lass, Minuet, Pigmalion, The Louvre Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1736 Covent Garden The Orphan, Damon and Phillida, Tambourine, Ballet, Hornpipe, Sailors from Orestes No No Yes £127 15s 6d N/A N/A
04 May 1736 Covent Garden The Constant Couple, Damon and Phillida, Ballet, Chancon a Boire Yes No Yes £17 12s 6d N/A N/A
26 Aug 1736 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Damon and Phillida, Pierots, Bergeries No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Aug 1736 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Damon and Phillida, Drunken Peasant, Les Bergeries Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1736 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Damon and Phillida, Clown No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1736 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode, Damon and Phillida, Clown, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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