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 %
05 Apr 1750 Drury Lane Comus, Lethe No No Yes £147 4s 6d 62% N/A
13 Oct 1750 Drury Lane Comus, A Duke and no Duke No No No £60 N/A N/A
03 May 1751 Drury Lane Comus, Bayes in Petticoats No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
28 Nov 1752 Drury Lane Comus, The Lying Valet No No No £70 N/A N/A
29 Nov 1752 Drury Lane Comus, Queen Mab, Sweet Echo Yes No No £90 N/A N/A
05 May 1753 Drury Lane Comus, A Duke and no Duke No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
09 Apr 1755 Covent Garden Comus, The Cheats of Scapin, Rule Britannia, Britons Strike Home Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1756 Drury Lane Comus, The Anatomist No No No £150 N/A N/A
26 Nov 1756 Drury Lane Comus, A Duke and no Duke No No No £140 N/A N/A
01 Dec 1756 Drury Lane Comus, The Englishman in Paris No No No £150 N/A N/A
09 Dec 1756 Drury Lane Comus, Lilliput No No No £170 N/A N/A
03 Nov 1758 Drury Lane Comus, Queen Mab No No No £144 9s 6d 81% N/A
06 Nov 1758 Drury Lane Comus, The Diversions of the Morning No No No £154 9s 6d 69% N/A
18 Apr 1759 Drury Lane Comus, The Guardian No No Yes £260 N/A N/A
24 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Comus, The Apprentice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1759 Drury Lane Comus, Harlequin Ranger No No No £100 50% N/A
18 Jan 1760 Covent Garden Comus No No No £180 7s 50% N/A
19 Jan 1760 Covent Garden Comus No No No £146 2s 43% N/A
21 Jan 1760 Covent Garden Comus No No No £144 47% N/A
22 Jan 1760 Covent Garden Comus No No No £101 39% N/A
23 Jan 1760 Covent Garden Comus No No No £133 10s N/A N/A
26 Jan 1760 Covent Garden Comus No No No £150 N/A N/A
29 Jan 1760 Covent Garden Comus No No No £135 19s N/A N/A
02 Feb 1760 Covent Garden Comus No No No £142 4s N/A N/A
05 Feb 1760 Covent Garden Comus No Yes No £191 9s N/A N/A
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