Theatronomics

Dido Queen of Carthage (1792)

Mainpiece

Ballad Opera/Burletta/Opera

Musical

Based on Pietro Metastasio's Didone Abbandonata.

Covent Garden

Drury Lane

Show mainpieces/afterpieces only

1732

1809

Dates	Theatre	Performances	Requested	Commands	Benefit	Revenue	Available Revenue %	Capacity %
23 May 1792	Drury Lane	Dido Queen Of Carthage, The Temple of Neptune and Neptune's Prophecy, The Miller of Mansfield	No	No	No	£244 8s 6d	80%	N/A
25 May 1792	Drury Lane	Dido Queen Of Carthage, The Virgin Unmasked	No	No	No	£178 3s 6d	77%	N/A
28 May 1792	Drury Lane	Dido Queen Of Carthage, Katharine and Petruchio	No	No	Yes	£231 14s 6d	N/A	N/A
02 Jun 1792	Drury Lane	Dido Queen Of Carthage, High Life below Stairs	No	No	No	£193 4s 6d	N/A	N/A
11 Jun 1792	Drury Lane	Dido Queen Of Carthage, The Citizen	No	No	Yes	£233 5s 6d	N/A	N/A

Performances

Commands

Drury Lane

Dido Queen Of Carthage, The Temple of Neptune and Neptune's Prophecy, The Miller of Mansfield