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 %
09 Dec 1790 Covent Garden The Orphan, A Divertisement No No No £177 17s 6d 49% N/A
28 Oct 1791 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Oscar and Malvina No No No £218 8s 100% N/A
21 Jan 1793 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Harlequin's Museum, Burlesque Pas des Russe, Hornpipe No No No £334 8s 6d 62% N/A
13 Oct 1797 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, A Divertisement, Ballet No No No £254 6s 6d 100% N/A
20 Oct 1797 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Maid of the Mill, Englands Glory, Triple Hornpipe No No No £259 17s 100% N/A
10 Nov 1797 Covent Garden The Orphan, Hartford Bridge No No No £153 3s 34% N/A
26 Dec 1797 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin and Quixotte or The Magic Arm No No No £314 15s 51% N/A
09 Apr 1798 Covent Garden The Raft, The Orphan, Harlequin's Return No No No £195 9s 38% N/A
29 May 1798 Covent Garden The Orphan, Reformed in Time No No Yes £460 3s 3d 12% N/A
01 Oct 1798 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Follies of a Day No No No £246 14s 100% N/A
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