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
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