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 %
07 Oct 1740 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Virgin Unmasked, L'Allemande, Le Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1740 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Tanner of York, Peasants, Comic Ballet, Drunken Peasant Yes No Yes £120 1s 6d N/A N/A
05 Dec 1740 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Fortune Tellers, La Tambourine Metelote, L'Allamande No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1742 Drury Lane The Orphan, The King and Miller of Mansfield, Sweet Bird, Running Footman's Dance, War He Sung was Toil and Trouble Yes No Yes £78 N/A N/A
11 May 1742 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £240 N/A N/A
04 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Virgin Unmasked The Old Man Taught Wisdom, Comic Dance, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1742 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, New Grand Serious Ballet, Concerto, Tyrolean Dance No No No £149 1s 6d 100% N/A
22 Oct 1742 Drury Lane The Orphan, Concerto, La Mascarada, Les Matelotes No No No £102 9s 6d 100% N/A
09 Nov 1742 Covent Garden The Orphan, Tambourine, Characters of Dancing, La Folie No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1742 Drury Lane The Orphan, Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie, La Recrue des Houssars No No No £66 18s 6d N/A N/A
19 Feb 1743 Covent Garden The Orphan, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1743 Covent Garden The Orphan, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Devil To Pay, Stella and Flavia, Concerto on German flute, Grand Serious Ballet, Bumper Squire Jones Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1743 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Necromancer, Grand Ballet, Characters of Dancing, Dutch Skipper No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1743 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The School Boy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Mock Doctor, Les Paisons Moisonneurs, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1743 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Anatomist No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1743 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Anatomist Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1744 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Amorous Goddess No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Mar 1744 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Anatomist No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Oct 1744 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Columbine Courtezan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1744 Drury Lane The Orphan, Harlequin Shipwrecked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Nov 1744 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1744 Covent Garden The Orphan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1744 Drury Lane The Orphan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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