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 %
03 Dec 1755 Covent Garden King Henry V, Damon and Phillida, Fingalian Dance, Les Paisans Gallants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Jan 1756 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Feb 1756 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1756 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1756 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I With The Humours Of Falstaff, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, Damon and Philida, The Colliers No No No £140 N/A N/A
29 Nov 1756 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Damon and Philida Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
15 Dec 1756 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, Damon and Phillida No No No £120 N/A N/A
29 Jan 1757 Covent Garden King Richard III, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Sep 1757 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband Or A Journey To London, Damon and Phillida No No No £75 10s 6d 100% N/A
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