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
£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 %
10 Nov 1797 Covent Garden The Orphan, Hartford Bridge No No No £153 3s 34% N/A
26 Dec 1797 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin and Quixotte or The Magic Arm No No No £314 15s 51% N/A
09 Apr 1798 Covent Garden The Raft, The Orphan, Harlequin's Return No No No £195 9s 38% N/A
29 May 1798 Covent Garden The Orphan, Reformed in Time No No Yes £460 3s 3d 12% N/A
01 Oct 1798 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Follies of a Day No No No £246 14s 100% N/A
09 Oct 1799 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Naval Pillar, Solemn Dirge, A Bundle of Proverbs, An Hungry Fox One Day Did Spy, Black Ey'd Susan, Britons, Your Country's Gratitude Behold, In Praise of the Tars Who Have Leathered the Word, Mr Speaker Tho' 'Tis Late, Sir Sydney Smith, The Embarkation, The Navy and Army of Britain Forever, We Come, Ye Guardians of Our Isle, When a Tar Returns Home, When Britain First Her Flag Upreared, When Peace Smiles Around No No No £335 9s 6d 100% N/A
19 Apr 1802 Drury Lane The Orphan, Harlequin Amulet No No No £199 5s 6d 38% N/A
19 Jan 1803 Drury Lane The Orphan, Love and Magic No No No £183 7s 42% N/A
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