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
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