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 %
19 May 1759 Drury Lane The Orphan, Tom Thumb, Hornpipe No No Yes £300 N/A N/A
25 Oct 1759 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Lethe, Italian Gardiner Yes No No £120 53% N/A
07 Dec 1759 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Fair With Additional Scenes of Action No No No £147 11s 48% N/A
04 Jan 1760 Drury Lane The Orphan, Harlequin's Invasion Yes No No £180 58% N/A
14 Apr 1760 Drury Lane The Orphan, Galligantus No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1760 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £100 10s N/A N/A
16 Dec 1760 Covent Garden The Orphan, Lethe, Les Charboniers No No Yes £176 1s 6d N/A N/A
28 Sep 1761 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £121 7s N/A N/A
01 Nov 1762 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin Sorcerer with the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1764 Covent Garden The Orphan, Perseus and Andromeda and the Arcadian Nuptials No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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