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 %
27 Sep 1736 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1736 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1737 Covent Garden The Orphan, The School Boy, French Peasant, Glover's Scotch Dance, New Comic Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1737 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Virgin Unmasked, English Maggot, The Lady's Lamentation for the Loss of Senesino, Russian Sailor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1737 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Mock Doctor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1737 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Sep 1737 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Devil to Pay No No No £65 100% N/A
22 Oct 1737 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Fall of Phaeton With Harlequin a Captive, Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Jan 1738 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Dragon of Wantley, Je ne scai quoi No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1738 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Burgomaster Trick'd Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
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