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 %
17 Sep 1753 Covent Garden The Miser, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1753 Covent Garden Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discovered, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1754 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, Damon and Phillida, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Oct 1754 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not Or The Kind Imposter, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1754 Covent Garden Othello, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1755 Covent Garden Jane Shore, Damon and Phillida, Comic Entertainment, The Choice, Comic Dance, Hornpipe, Masquerade Dance, Minuet, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1755 Covent Garden The Non Juror, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1755 Covent Garden Hamlet, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Nov 1755 Covent Garden All For Love Or The World Well Lost, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1755 Covent Garden All For Love, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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