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 %
13 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1756 Drury Lane The Orphan, Crononhotonthologos No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
20 May 1756 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Contrivances, Savoyards, Hippisley's Drunken Man, Les Paisans Gallants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1756 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Orpheus and Eurydice Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Orphan, Lilliput No No No £170 N/A N/A
08 Mar 1757 Drury Lane The Orphan, Lilliput No No No £180 N/A N/A
18 Apr 1757 Drury Lane The Orphan, Catherine and Petruchio No No Yes £340 N/A N/A
25 Apr 1757 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin Statue or The Jealous Farmer Outwitted, Fingalian Revels, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £65 19s 6d 45% N/A
23 Jan 1758 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £103 11s 39% N/A
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