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 %
02 Feb 1745 Drury Lane The Orphan, Rosamond, New Shepherd's Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1745 Drury Lane The Orphan, Tragedy of Tragedies Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1745 Drury Lane The Orphan, Tragedy of Tragedies Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1745 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Debauchees, Grand Comic Dance No No No £89 17s 100% N/A
12 Apr 1746 Drury Lane The Orphan, Per Pieta, Nature Fram'd Thee Sure For Loving, Rasserena Il Mesto Ciglia Yes No Yes £12 N/A N/A
17 Apr 1746 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Double Disappointment, Italian Peasants Yes No Yes £29 18s 6d N/A N/A
11 Nov 1746 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Lying Valet No No No £174 12s 6d 71% N/A
15 Nov 1746 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Double Disappointment No No No £110 37% N/A
17 Nov 1746 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Double Disappointment No No No £70 47% N/A
18 Nov 1746 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Double Disappointment No No No £60 52% N/A
19 Nov 1746 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Devil to Pay No No No £50 22% N/A
20 Nov 1746 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Double Disappointment No No No £40 20% N/A
10 Dec 1746 Drury Lane The Orphan, The German Camp, The Vintage Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1746 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Lottery No No No £139 7s 100% N/A
27 Jan 1747 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Lying Valet No No No £50 21% N/A
02 Mar 1747 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Double Disappointment Yes No No £50 39% N/A
23 Apr 1747 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
18 Nov 1747 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Sailors Rendezvous At Portsmouth No No No £169 5s N/A N/A
19 Nov 1747 Drury Lane The Orphan, Sailors Rendezvous No No No £117 14s N/A N/A
20 Nov 1747 Drury Lane The Orphan, Sailors Rendezvous Yes No No £102 9s 6d N/A N/A
21 Nov 1747 Drury Lane The Orphan, Sailors Rendezvous No No No £129 9s N/A N/A
30 Nov 1747 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Anatomist No No No £116 15s 100% N/A
19 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Intriguing Chambermaid, The Savoyards Yes No No £184 4s 6d N/A N/A
20 Jan 1748 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £181 5s 6d 100% N/A
31 Mar 1748 Drury Lane The Orphan, A Will and No Will No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
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