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 %
14 Feb 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Rites of Hecate No No No £235 17s 6d N/A N/A
17 Feb 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Rites of Hecate No No No £204 3s N/A N/A
20 Feb 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Rites of Hecate No No No £220 15s 6d N/A N/A
07 Apr 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, High Life below Stairs, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £214 2s N/A N/A
30 Apr 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, Fortunatus No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Witches, The Cries of London Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 May 1764 Covent Garden The Orphan, Miss in Her Teens, Hornpipe, The Calabrian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Musical Lady, New Scaramouch No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Devil to Pay, The Lamplighters No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Mar 1765 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Choice, The Medley, The Irish Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1765 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Deuce Is in Him, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1765 Drury Lane The Orphan, High Life below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1765 Drury Lane The Orphan, Daphne and Amintor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1766 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Hermit No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1766 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Hermit No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1766 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Hermit Yes No No £142 9s 6d 100% N/A
21 Nov 1766 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Cunning Man Yes No No £150 13s 53% N/A
22 May 1767 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Register Office, Double Hornpipe, Minuet, The Louvre Yes No Yes £65 9s 6d N/A N/A
19 Oct 1767 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Royal Chace with the new Additional Scene No No No £169 13s N/A N/A
21 Nov 1767 Drury Lane The Orphan, Harlequin's Invasion, Gardners Holiday No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1767 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No Yes £252 N/A N/A
04 Jan 1768 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Elopement No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1768 Drury Lane The Orphan, A Peep behind the Curtain, Linco's Travels, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Ghost, Linco's Travels, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1769 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Oxonian in Town, The Merry Sailors No No No £169 16s N/A N/A
20 Oct 1769 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Chaplet, The Lamplighters No No No £89 9s 6d N/A N/A
23 Oct 1769 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £163 19s 6d N/A N/A
08 Nov 1769 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £195 6s N/A N/A
13 Nov 1769 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £186 5s 6d N/A N/A
05 Jan 1770 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Court of Alexander No No No £215 8s 6d N/A N/A
01 Feb 1770 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin's Jubilee No No No £242 8s N/A N/A
15 May 1770 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Devil to Pay, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £211 15s 6d N/A N/A
30 May 1770 Drury Lane The Orphan, High Life below Stairs, Minuet, Bucks Have At Ye All, Allemande No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1770 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Padlock Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1770 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Nov 1770 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Portrait No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1771 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1771 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Register Office, The Sailors' Revels No No No £147 1s 6d 43% N/A
21 Feb 1772 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Institution of the Garter No No No £173 3s 6d 52% N/A
22 Dec 1772 Drury Lane The Orphan, High Life below Stairs No No Yes £233 19s 51% N/A
23 Mar 1776 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Valentine's Day, The Grand Garland Dance No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
01 Nov 1776 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Bankrupt, The Enchantress No No No £110 7s 33% N/A
02 Mar 1778 Covent Garden The Orphan, Mother Shipton No No No £206 12s 58% N/A
16 Mar 1778 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £191 49% N/A
20 Apr 1778 Covent Garden The Orphan, Mother Shipton, The Humours of NewMarket No No No £118 14s 6d 43% N/A
09 Mar 1779 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Touchstone No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1779 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Touchstone No No No £230 16s 100% N/A
02 Dec 1779 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Mirror No No No £139 11s 41% N/A
26 Dec 1782 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Triumph of Mirth or Harlequins Wedding No No No £231 55% N/A
31 Mar 1783 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Barnaby Brittle No No Yes £249 11s 6d 47% N/A
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