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 %
17 Dec 1740 Drury Lane Comus, The Fortune Tellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Jan 1741 Drury Lane Comus, Les Masons, Les Matelotes, Les Sabotiers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1741 Drury Lane Comus, L'Hydropique Amoureux, Les Matelotes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1741 Drury Lane Comus Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1741 Drury Lane Comus, The Virgin Unmasked, L'Allemande, Shepherds and Shepherdesses Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1741 Drury Lane Comus Yes No No £120 100% N/A
13 Oct 1741 Drury Lane Comus Yes No No £90 N/A N/A
14 Oct 1741 Drury Lane Comus Yes No No £74 N/A N/A
30 Oct 1741 Drury Lane Comus, Le Boufon, Le Genereux Corsaire Yes No No £80 N/A N/A
19 Nov 1741 Drury Lane Comus Yes No No £70 N/A N/A
30 Dec 1741 Drury Lane Comus, Le Boufon, Les Mes Sabotiers No No No £100 N/A N/A
02 Jan 1742 Drury Lane Comus, The Drunken Peasant, Dutch Dance No No No £60 N/A N/A
15 Jan 1742 Drury Lane Comus No No No £60 N/A N/A
09 Feb 1742 Drury Lane Comus Yes No No £60 N/A N/A
01 Apr 1742 Drury Lane Comus, The Mock Doctor No No Yes £207 N/A N/A
15 May 1742 Drury Lane Comus, The Mock Doctor, Running Footman's Dance, A Lesson on the Welch Harp, The Drunken Peasant No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
11 Feb 1743 Drury Lane Comus No No No £69 13s N/A N/A
12 Feb 1743 Drury Lane Comus No No No £65 14s 6d N/A N/A
08 Mar 1743 Drury Lane Comus, The Lying Valet No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1743 Drury Lane Comus, The School Boy No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Mar 1744 Covent Garden Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Mar 1744 Covent Garden Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Mar 1744 Covent Garden Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Jan 1745 Drury Lane Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Jan 1745 Covent Garden Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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