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 %
04 Jan 1764 Covent Garden Comus, The Upholsterer Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Mar 1764 Covent Garden Comus, The Upholsterer No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1764 Covent Garden Comus, The Absent Man, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1764 Covent Garden Comus, The Citizen No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1764 Covent Garden Comus, The Citizen No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1765 Covent Garden Comus, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1765 Covent Garden Comus, The Musical Lady, Journey to Paris Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1765 Covent Garden Comus, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Mar 1766 Covent Garden Comus, The Upholsterer No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1766 Covent Garden Comus, Lethe, The Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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