Comus (1738) (1738)

Author
John Dalton
Composer
Thomas Augustine Arne
Author
John Milton
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Occasional
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
£8,187 11s 6d £4,395 6d (53.7%) £3,792 11s (46.3%)
1732 - 1809
£8,187 11s 6d - (100%) £4,395 6d (53.7%) £3,792 11s (46.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
133 60 73
1732 - 1809
133 60 73
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
26 Sep 1761 Covent Garden Comus, The Knights No No No £153 17s 6d N/A N/A
08 Oct 1761 Covent Garden Comus No Yes No £232 11s N/A N/A
11 Nov 1761 Covent Garden Comus, Lethe No No No £131 13s 6d N/A N/A
22 Mar 1762 Covent Garden Comus, Catherine and Petruchio, Humours of the Age Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1762 Covent Garden Comus, The Frenchify'd Lady Never in Paris No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1762 Covent Garden Comus, Marplot in Lisbon Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1762 Covent Garden Comus, The Double Disappointment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Oct 1762 Covent Garden Comus, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1763 Covent Garden Comus, The Apprentice Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1763 Covent Garden Comus, Miss in Her Teens No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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