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
£5,453 7s £2,280 7s (41.8%) £3,173 (58.2%)
1732 - 1809
£5,453 7s - (100%) £2,280 7s (41.8%) £3,173 (58.2%)
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 %
10 Nov 1750 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, Damon and Phillida, Grand Scotch Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Jan 1751 Covent Garden The Orphan, Damon and Phillida, Grand Scotch Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Jan 1751 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, Damon and Phillida No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1751 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, Damon and Phillida, Pigmalion, Grand Scots Ballet, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1751 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1751 Covent Garden Othello, Damon and Phillida, Grand Scots Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1752 Covent Garden The False Friend, Damon and Phillida, Grand Comic Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1752 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, Damon and Phillida, Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1752 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1752 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Damon and Phillida, Grand Scots Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
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