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 Oct 1738 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Colombine Courtezan, New Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Feb 1739 Covent Garden Orphan, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1739 Drury Lane The Orphan, Harlequin Shipwreckd Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1739 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Virgin Unmasked, Turkish Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1740 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Fortune Tellers, Voyage to the Land of Cytherea No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
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