The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage (1680)

Author
Thomas Otway
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£21,233 17s 6d £9,623 17s (45.3%) £11,610 6d (54.7%)
1732 - 1809
£21,233 17s 6d - (100%) £9,623 17s (45.3%) £11,610 6d (54.7%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
233 109 124
1732 - 1809
233 109 124
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
11 Dec 1732 Covent Garden The Orphan No No No £69 6s 6d N/A N/A
20 Dec 1732 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Country Revels No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1733 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1733 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Apollo and Daphne or The Burgo Master Trickd Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1733 Covent Garden The Orphan, Single Dance, French Sailor and his Lass Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1734 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, See If You Like It, Tambourine, Scot's Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jan 1735 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1735 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Devil to Pay No No No £31 8s 100% N/A
08 Nov 1735 Covent Garden Orphan, The Rape of Proserpine No Yes No £97 3s 6d N/A N/A
30 Apr 1736 Covent Garden The Orphan, Damon and Phillida, Tambourine, Ballet, Hornpipe, Sailors from Orestes No No Yes £127 15s 6d N/A N/A
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