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
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