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 %
15 Jan 1745 Drury Lane Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1745 Covent Garden Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1745 Covent Garden Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1745 Drury Lane Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Jan 1745 Covent Garden Comus, Pyramus and Thisbe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1745 Covent Garden Comus, Pyramus and Thisbe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1745 Covent Garden Comus, Pyramus and Thisbe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1745 Drury Lane Comus No No No £60 12s N/A N/A
19 Dec 1745 Drury Lane Comus, The Debauchees No No No £45 7s N/A N/A
15 Jan 1746 Drury Lane Comus, The Stage Coach No No No £33 9s 6d N/A N/A
17 Feb 1746 Drury Lane Comus, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £47 14s N/A N/A
24 Jan 1747 Drury Lane Comus, The Double Disappointment No No No £30 15% N/A
26 Mar 1747 Covent Garden Comus, The Lying Valet No No Yes £197 4s N/A N/A
29 Apr 1747 Covent Garden Comus, The Lying Valet Yes No Yes £74 9s N/A N/A
13 Nov 1747 Drury Lane Comus, The Anatomist Yes No No £92 3s N/A N/A
10 Dec 1748 Covent Garden Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1748 Covent Garden Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Dec 1748 Covent Garden Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1748 Covent Garden Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1748 Covent Garden Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1749 Drury Lane Comus, The Anatomist No No No £90 51% N/A
12 Oct 1749 Drury Lane Comus, The Lying Valet Yes No No £60 28% N/A
19 Oct 1749 Drury Lane Comus, The Spanish Curate No No No £120 63% N/A
24 Jan 1750 Drury Lane Comus, A Duke and no Duke Yes No No £90 14s 6d 50% N/A
27 Mar 1750 Covent Garden Comus, A Cure for a Scold or The Taming of a Shrew Yes No Yes £152 13s 38% N/A
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