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 %
03 Oct 1752 Drury Lane The Orphan, Lethe No No No £160 100% N/A
27 Oct 1752 Covent Garden The Orphan, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1752 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Fair No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Jan 1753 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Genii No No No £170 N/A N/A
13 Feb 1753 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Feb 1753 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Mar 1753 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Oracle, Grand Scots Ballet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1753 Drury Lane The Orphan, Lethe, Le Matelot Basque, L'Entree de Flore No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
24 Apr 1753 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Englishman in Paris, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1753 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Chaplet No No No £210 100% N/A
15 Oct 1753 Drury Lane The Orphan, Harlequin Ranger, Gipsey Tambourine Yes No No £120 N/A N/A
22 Nov 1753 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Lover His Own Rival, The Italian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1754 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1754 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Englishman in Paris, Rise Glory Rise Yes No Yes £160 N/A N/A
01 May 1754 Covent Garden The Orphan, Colombine Courtezan or Harlequin Restor'd, Ball Minuet, Dutch Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1754 Drury Lane Orphan, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No No £130 N/A N/A
16 Jan 1755 Drury Lane The Orphan, Proteus No No No £200 N/A N/A
07 Apr 1755 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Englishman in Paris, Hornpipe No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
17 Nov 1755 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Lying Valet, Lilliputian Sailors No No No £170 N/A N/A
12 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Double Disappointment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
06 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £72 6s 39% N/A
19 Oct 1758 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Spanish Dance No No No £155 8s 6d 77% N/A
23 Oct 1758 Drury Lane The Orphan, Harlequin Ranger, The Grand Dance of The Millers Yes No No £156 7s 69% N/A
26 Oct 1758 Drury Lane The Orphan, Queen Mab Yes No No £120 13s 77% N/A
11 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Orphan, Queen Mab Yes No No £143 5s 6d 78% N/A
30 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Orphan, Mercury Harlequin No No No £137 15s 6d 69% N/A
11 Dec 1758 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Contrivances, The Threshers Yes No Yes £55 2s 6d N/A N/A
19 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Orphan, Mercury Harlequin, The Prussian Camp No No No £111 13s 6d N/A N/A
07 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Guardian, Italian Peasants No No No £174 14s 6d 53% N/A
23 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Guardian Yes No No £168 19s 65% N/A
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
14 Feb 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Rites of Hecate No No No £235 17s 6d N/A N/A
17 Feb 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Rites of Hecate No No No £204 3s N/A N/A
20 Feb 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Rites of Hecate No No No £220 15s 6d N/A N/A
07 Apr 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, High Life below Stairs, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £214 2s N/A N/A
30 Apr 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, Fortunatus No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Witches, The Cries of London Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 May 1764 Covent Garden The Orphan, Miss in Her Teens, Hornpipe, The Calabrian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Musical Lady, New Scaramouch No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Devil to Pay, The Lamplighters No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Mar 1765 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Choice, The Medley, The Irish Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1765 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Deuce Is in Him, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1765 Drury Lane The Orphan, High Life below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1765 Drury Lane The Orphan, Daphne and Amintor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1766 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Hermit No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1766 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Hermit No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1766 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Hermit Yes No No £142 9s 6d 100% N/A
21 Nov 1766 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Cunning Man Yes No No £150 13s 53% N/A
22 May 1767 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Register Office, Double Hornpipe, Minuet, The Louvre Yes No Yes £65 9s 6d N/A N/A
19 Oct 1767 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Royal Chace with the new Additional Scene No No No £169 13s N/A N/A
21 Nov 1767 Drury Lane The Orphan, Harlequin's Invasion, Gardners Holiday No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1767 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No Yes £252 N/A N/A
04 Jan 1768 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Elopement No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1768 Drury Lane The Orphan, A Peep behind the Curtain, Linco's Travels, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Ghost, Linco's Travels, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1769 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Oxonian in Town, The Merry Sailors No No No £169 16s N/A N/A
20 Oct 1769 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Chaplet, The Lamplighters No No No £89 9s 6d N/A N/A
23 Oct 1769 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £163 19s 6d N/A N/A
08 Nov 1769 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £195 6s N/A N/A
13 Nov 1769 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £186 5s 6d N/A N/A
05 Jan 1770 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Court of Alexander No No No £215 8s 6d N/A N/A
01 Feb 1770 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin's Jubilee No No No £242 8s N/A N/A
15 May 1770 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Devil to Pay, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £211 15s 6d N/A N/A
30 May 1770 Drury Lane The Orphan, High Life below Stairs, Minuet, Bucks Have At Ye All, Allemande No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1770 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Padlock Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1770 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Nov 1770 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Portrait No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1771 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1771 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Register Office, The Sailors' Revels No No No £147 1s 6d 43% N/A
21 Feb 1772 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Institution of the Garter No No No £173 3s 6d 52% N/A
22 Dec 1772 Drury Lane The Orphan, High Life below Stairs No No Yes £233 19s 51% N/A
23 Mar 1776 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Valentine's Day, The Grand Garland Dance No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
01 Nov 1776 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Bankrupt, The Enchantress No No No £110 7s 33% N/A
02 Mar 1778 Covent Garden The Orphan, Mother Shipton No No No £206 12s 58% N/A
16 Mar 1778 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £191 49% N/A
20 Apr 1778 Covent Garden The Orphan, Mother Shipton, The Humours of NewMarket No No No £118 14s 6d 43% N/A
09 Mar 1779 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Touchstone No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1779 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Touchstone No No No £230 16s 100% N/A
02 Dec 1779 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Mirror No No No £139 11s 41% N/A
26 Dec 1782 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Triumph of Mirth or Harlequins Wedding No No No £231 55% N/A
31 Mar 1783 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Barnaby Brittle No No Yes £249 11s 6d 47% N/A
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