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 %
11 Feb 1760 Covent Garden Comus No No No £146 1s N/A N/A
27 Mar 1760 Covent Garden Comus, Lethe, Nymphs and Shepherds Yes No Yes £268 N/A N/A
14 Apr 1760 Covent Garden Comus, The Cheats of Scapin No No Yes £167 4s 6d N/A N/A
11 Dec 1760 Covent Garden Comus No No No £117 N/A N/A
13 Dec 1760 Covent Garden Comus, Catherine and Petruchio No No No £122 9s 6d N/A N/A
30 Dec 1760 Covent Garden Comus, A Duke and no Duke No No No £130 2s 6d N/A N/A
09 Jan 1761 Covent Garden Comus, Catherine and Petruchio No No No £129 14s 6d N/A N/A
21 Jan 1761 Covent Garden Comus, The Knights, The Mad Doctor, The Cow Keepers No No No £110 18s 6d N/A N/A
07 Mar 1761 Covent Garden Comus, Catherine and Petruchio No No No £180 3s 6d N/A N/A
03 Apr 1761 Covent Garden Comus, Love a la Mode No No Yes £234 6s 6d N/A N/A
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
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
14 Feb 1767 Covent Garden Comus, The Apprentice No No No £176 5s 6d 45% N/A
30 Mar 1767 Covent Garden Comus, The Citizen No No Yes £247 14s 6d 57% N/A
30 Oct 1767 Covent Garden Comus, The Royal Chace No No No £98 1s N/A N/A
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