The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage (1680)

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
£22,719 18s 9d £10,758 10s 3d (47.4%) £11,961 8s 6d (52.6%)
1732 - 1809
£22,719 18s 9d - (100%) £10,758 10s 3d (47.4%) £11,961 8s 6d (52.6%)
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 %
07 Oct 1751 Drury Lane The Orphan, Lethe Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
08 Oct 1751 Drury Lane The Orphan, A Duke and no Duke No No No £100 N/A N/A
17 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Orphan, The King and Miller, Pigmalion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Orphan, Hob in the Well or Flora No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Nov 1751 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Shepherds Lottery Yes No No £100 N/A N/A
02 Jan 1752 Drury Lane The Orphan, Harlequin Ranger Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
21 Jan 1752 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Devil to Pay, Pigmalion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1752 Drury Lane The Orphan, Duke and no Duke No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
01 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Orphan, The What Dye Call It No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Mock Doctor, Grand Comic Ballet, Grand Dutch Dance, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A